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'FOSDEM 2025 featured the usual talks about open-source software, but, as
always, the conference also offered the opportunity to discover some more
exotic and less software-centric topics. That's how I learned about the Flow
Battery Research Collective (FBRC), which is building what will eventually
become an open-source home battery. Daniel Fernández Pinto represented the
collective at FOSDEM with his talk "Building an Open-Source Battery for
Stationary Storage" in the "Energy: Accelerating the Transition through Open
Source" developer room (devroom).
The open-source battery project has a close cooperation with Utrecht
University's FAIR-Battery project and is fully financed by NLnet Foundation.
The FBRC is a relatively new project that started last year. Pinto, a chemist,
had been doing battery research at home and documenting his findings on a blog
since 2019. Electrochemical engineer Kirk Smith discovered Pinto's blog and
proposed joining forces. That led to the formation of a project to "build an
open-source battery aimed at solar and wind storage in the long term", while
aiming to create kits for academic purposes in the short term.'
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
