Industrial technology giant Honeywell (ticker: HON) and ESS Tech (GWH) announced Monday they were forming a "strategic collaboration" to "advance technology development and market adoption of iron flow battery energy storage systems." 工業技術巨頭 霍尼韋爾（股票代碼：HON）和ESS Tech（GWH）週一宣佈，他們將建立 “戰略合作”，以 “推進鐵液流電池儲能系統的技術開發和市場採用”。 Honeywell will invest $27.5 million in ESS as part of the agreement. Honeywell also will purchase up to $300 million of ESS Tech's batteries. Honeywell will use the batteries to help its customers reduce carbon footprints by adding storage to renewable power generating options. 作爲協議的一部分，霍尼韋爾將向ESS投資2750萬美元。霍尼韋爾還將購買高達3億美元的ESS Tech電池。霍尼韋爾將使用這些電池通過在可再生能源發電選項中增加存儲空間來幫助其客戶減少碳足跡。 "The demand for long-duration energy storage represents a compelling market opportunity within the energy transition and the combination of Honeywell and ESS technology can accelerate decarbonization for the commercial, industrial, and utility sectors," said Bryan Glover, chief growth officer of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technology, in a news release. 霍尼韋爾高性能材料與技術首席增長官布萊恩·格洛弗在新聞稿中說：“長期儲能的需求代表了能源轉型中一個引人注目的市場機會，霍尼韋爾和ESS技術的結合可以加速商業、工業和公用事業領域的脫碳。” The size of the deal is significant for ESS. The company has a market capitalization of roughly $260 million. It ended the second quarter with about $100 million in cash and investments on its balance sheet. ESS is using about $20 million a quarter to build its business. 這筆交易的規模對ESS來說意義重大。該公司的市值約爲2.6億美元。截至第二季度，它的資產負債表上有約1億美元的現金和投資。ESS每季度花費約2000萬美元來發展業務。 ESS Tech stock was up 23% at $1.71 and Honeywell shares rose 0.6%.The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down slightly. ESS Tech股價上漲23％，至1.71美元，霍尼韋爾股價上漲0.6％。標準普爾500指數上漲0.2％，道瓊斯工業平均指數小幅下跌。 😎
