Benzinga | Apr 7, 2021 07:46AM EDT

Ameresco Begins Second Phase Of Department Defense Funded Flow Battery Investigation

Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE:AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that it has begun phase-two of a multi-stage investigation into how flow battery technology could support microgrids with the Department of Defense (DoD). Phase-one of the investigation was completed in April 2020 and primarily focused on evaluating the technical and economic feasibility of flow battery energy storage. Phase-two of the investigation shifts attention to physical validation and evaluation of flow batteries at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, CO.