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  • December

    The Hon. Rachel Jacobson, assistant secretary of the Army, Installations, Energy and Environment, and Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, cut the ceremonial ribbon celebrating a new energy-efficient, large flow battery system pilot program Nov. 20, 2024, on Fort Carson. The ceremony marks construction completion of a customer-sited, large redox flow battery which has been dubbed “GridStar Flow” by its Lockheed Martin designers. The ribbon-cutting included Patrick Appleman, center right, director of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command-Readiness; 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson Command Sgt. Maj. Alex Kupratty, far right; Fort Carson Garrison Commander Col. Erik Oksenvaag, second from left; Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Mortensen, left; Dr. Andrew Nelson, middle left, director, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Steven Botwinik, vice president, Advanced Program Execution and Transition, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.

    ERDC Celebrates Milestone with GridStar® Flow Battery Installation at Fort Carson

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Operational Energy (OE) team is celebrating the construction and installation of the GridStar® Flow system, a redox flow battery solution designed for long-duration, large-capacity energy storage applications. The flow system is installed at Fort Carson, Colorado, and ERDC has led the technical evaluation and project management since 2022.

  • June

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    ERDC-CERL managing project, awarding a $17.5 million battery contract to Lockheed Martin

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Operational Energy (OE) team at the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) was selected to provide management for a flow battery at Fort Carson, Colorado. The team was selected based on its previous work with a research and development a flow battery prototype. ERDC-CERL is also awarding a $17.5 million contract to Lockheed Martin to prepare the Fort Carlson site, as well as to construct and demonstrate the flow battery. The $17.5 million agreement between ERDC and Lockheed Martin represents the largest dollar amount awarded as a result of submissions through the ERDCWERX platform to date.