The project will be hosted at Eurus Energy America Corporation’s (EEAC) Bull Creek wind facility in Borden County, Texas (Bull Creek) where excess wind energy will be stored in the e-Zinc battery system. EEAC can then use the stored energy to power buildings at the local facility. e-Zinc said that the system is expected to store power for 24 hours which is better suited to the intermittency of wind generation than typical batteries.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced up to US$ 45 million in funding to support the domestic development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles. Through DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the department is launching the Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL) program to develop more affordable, convenient, efficient and resilient batteries.