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Materials availability and supply chain considerations for vanadium in grid-scale redox flow batteries
A new publication by Volta technical analyst Kara Rodby explores the precarious supply chain that has led to historically high and volatile #vanadium prices and its implications on VRFB deployment at scale in 2030 and beyond. ...
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VoltStorage extends Redox Flow research team
Munich, 27th March 2020 – After successful market entry of the world’s first low cost residential battery storage on the basis of the ecological Vanadium Redox Flow technology, VoltStorage focuses on the future. This is why the VoltStorage research department was extended already in summer 2019 to push ahead innovations. VoltStorage is expanding today again with two new and ...
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SCHMID Supplies Energy Storage for Smart Grid
In the Smart Grid Technology Lab, researchers of the TU Dortmund are developing and testing components for smart grids. To this end, they have created an infrastructure which is to be expected in a future low-voltage grid. In addition to electric vehicles, PV systems and a controllable local power transformer, these are also efficient energy storages. Soon a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery from ...
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Vanadium Flow Battery Technology Available for Licensing from PNNL
Technology designed to bolster resilience of the electric grid and provide a way to store large amounts of energy from renewable sources is available, thanks to researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The research involves vanadium redox flow batteries—large batteries designed to store massive amounts of energy for long periods. These batteries hold the ...
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Redox Flow Development at VoltStorage
Since 2018, VoltStorage offers the world’s first cost efficient residential storage system based on the ecological Redox Flow technology. Thanks to patent pending production automation and technological developments, VoltStorage succeeded in making a storage technology available to the mass market, that was successfully deployed in large storage systems, for the first time. To ...
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Compound Could Transform Energy Storage for Large Grids
In order to power entire communities with clean energy, such as solar and wind power, a reliable backup storage system is needed to provide energy when the sun isn’t shining and the wind doesn’t blow. One possibility is to use any excess solar- and wind-based energy to charge solutions of chemicals that can subsequently be stored for use when sunshine and wind are scarce. At that ...
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Alfa Chemistry Offers Abundant Choices of Alternative Energy Materials for Energy Storage & Batteries
To harness greenhouse gas emissions and alter global warming, Alfa Chemistry recently announced diverse choices of alternative energy materials. Among them, solar cell materials, LiFePO4 battery materials, ternary lithium-ion battery materials, and energy storage materials are specially designed for use in developing energy storage systems and batteries. Due to the pollution-free and renewable ...
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Future of energy storage
Original story at MIT News MIT professor Fikile Brushett is in the process of taking the power generated by wind and solar, chemically lashing it to molecules derived from flora and fauna, and storing it in liquids until it’s needed to electrify our homes. The fact that such a system — if it's feasible — is likely years from reality doesn’t deter Brushett, the Raymond A. ...
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Everflow JV to manufacture Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (VRFB) in KSA
Nusaned Investment and SCHMID Group have closed the JV transaction in Saudi Arabia focusing on manufacturing and technology development in the field of Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (VRFB). Nusaned Investment (an investment company owned by SABIC) and SCHMID Group announced today that they have successfully closed their JV transaction focusing on manufacturing and technology development in the ...
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SDG&E Spurs Energy Storage Innovation With Flow Battery Technology
SDG&E recently unveiled a new vanadium redox flow (VRF) battery storage pilot project in coordination with Sumitomo Electric (SEI), which stemmed from a partnership between Japan's New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO) and the California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). During the four-year demonstration project, SDG&E will be ...
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CellCube, Immersa and Hive Energy Building Green Peaker Plants
CellCube Energy Storge Systems recently announced that Hive Energy, Immersa Ltd. and CellCube have formed a consortium to jointly build and develop Solar & Storage projects at a grid scale level to offer green peaking power and reserve power capacity. HICC Energy Ltd. was founded April 17, 2019 by Hive Energy to bring their joint portfolio of projects to market. HICC will be a special vehicle ...
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Ameresco Completes First Phase of Department of Defense-Funded Flow Battery Investigation
Ameresco, Inc., a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, recently announced the completion of phase-one of a multi-stage investigation of how flow battery technology could support microgrids with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Conducted in partnership with 2ndPath Energy, this research is funded by the Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification ...
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Voltstorage Revolutionizes Redox-Flow State of Charge Measurement
As part of a one-and-a-half-year development project, VoltStorage has succeeded in developing a high-precision method for measuring the state of charge (SoC) of Redox Flow batteries. VoltStorage is setting new standards in Redox Flow research, as an accurate and serial producible SoC measurement has been one of the main challenges so far. Challenge: Cost-effective Redox-Flow SoC measurement ...
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Siemens and partner to develop microgrids for mining companies
Siemens and German renewable energy developer juwi have entered into a strategic technology partnership to focus on microgrids in the mining industry. The signed agreement between the two companies aim to roll-out and continually develop the advanced microgrid control system that enables the seamless integration of power from renewable energy to a mine's off-grid power supply. The Siemens Sicam ...
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VoltStorage automates electrolyte filling process
As part of the increasing series production of eco-friendly Redox Flow energy storage systems, VoltStorage is focusing on the ongoing optimization of the entire production process. With the self-developed control system for filling the vanadium electrolyte liquid ready for shipment, VoltStorage is now able to semi-automate a very time consuming and resource intensive production step. ...
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Voltstorage Extends Department for Software Development
Munich, April 2, 2020 – With its eco-friendly Redox Flow energy storage systems, VoltStorage relies on battery solutions “Made in Germany”. This also includes all IT and software solutions required for the installation, operation and monitoring of the VoltStorage systems. One example is the VoltStorage App, which gives battery owners access to all important data ...
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Voltstorage: €6m In Funding for Further expansion
VoltStorage GmbH, founded in 2016 by Jakob Bitner, Michael Peither and Felix Kiefl, develops and produces solar energy storage systems for private homes. VoltStorage is the world’s only home energy storage provider in the market relying on Vanadium Redox Flow (VRF) battery technology. The VoltStorage energy storage systems are free of rare raw materials, completely recyclable, 100 percent ...
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Abengoa Awarded the First Large Scale Hybrid Microgrid With Flow Batteries in Africa
Abengoa this week annouced that it has been selected to construct a hybrid microgrid power plant by the leading vanadium energy storage solutions provider in the African market Bushveld Energy. Specifically, the company will be responsible for the engineering, supply and construction of a plant integrated by an energy storage system using Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (VRFB BESS), with a ...
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CellCube and G&W Electric Join Forces to Bring Microgrids to the Next Level
Enerox GmbH, better known as 'CellCube', and G&W Electric, a US headquartered power grid solutions provider, have signed a partnership agreement to offer a new and integrated microgrid solution to the US-market. G&W Electric adds CellCube's Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFBs) as a key technology to their microgrid solution portfolio and becomes a Value Added Reseller' for CellCube's ...
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Urgent Need for New Stationary Storage, According to IDTechEx
Starved of lithium-ion batteries and pumped storage sites, the stationary energy storage business is urgently looking for alternatives, according to a new report from IDTechEx.Tesla now sells its Powerwall house battery only to those buying the full solar house and, like its competitors, it has delayed electric vehicle launches also due to battery shortage. Metals shortages are taking over from ...
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