text: The Single Liquid battery or the Alkali sulfur liquid battery was invented in 2013 by Pasidu Pallawela. According to World Intellectual property organisation WIPO  Pasidu Pallawela and StorTera holds patent rights to this technology. This technology has been presented in several high-profile industrial energy conferences such as All Energy conference and exhibition in the UK. As a business innovation, this technology was nominated for MEL British Chamber of commerce Awards in 2017 as the best business innovation and won the category award. SLIQ also won several Rushlight  awards in 2020, winning the overall Rushlight award, energy environmental group category award and the Energy Efficiency group Award.