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Demonstrate competitively-priced, multi-megawatt, long-duration advanced flow batteries for utility grid applications. Design, build, and deploy a utility-scale, low-cost compressed air energy storage system to support the integration of renewable energy sources onto the grid. Premium Power Corporation (MA). 16,080,554. .
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