The energy storage market in the United States was up +46% in the third quarter of 2017. This growth represents a strong opportunity for vanadium flow batteries – which may begin to outpace lithium as early as 2018 – to support energy storage and grid modernization.
Vanadium flow batteries are a type of rechargeable battery in which the energy is stored chemically in a liquid electrolyte contained in two tanks, unlike conventional batteries that store their reactive materials within their cells. StorEn Technology is developing a new generation of vanadium flow batteries to meet growing marketing demand for cost-effective energy storage for residential, industrial, or utility needs.
The great state of Tennessee is on the cutting edge of new energy storage tech, thanks partly to its role as the home of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath ASX-listed Australian Vanadium has inked a deal with German battery maker Gildemeister Energy Storage to sell the CellCube range of vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) in Australia, as part of the company’s plans to take on the large-scale solar and energy storage market. … [continued]
The startup UTE is promoting its latest vanadium flow battery project in Washington State with a not so subtle dig at the lithium-ion Tesla battery.
The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources has just warned people living in Dukeville, North Carolina, and a local church, not to drink or cook with their well water. Toxic heavy metals have contaminated it, as reported by the Associated Press. Each well location is within a quarter … [continued]
Researchers at the University of Maryland have stripped next generation energy storage technology down to the “ultimate miniaturization.”
The CEO of Imergy Power, Bill Watkins, generously agreed to answer some questions related to the company’s new ESP30 flow battery. Check them out following an image of one of Imergy Power’s flow batteries. 1. How many MW of power and how many hours of storage do your flow batteries … [continued]
Newfound Energies, specialists in design and installation of wind and solar energy systems for off-grid power—as well as grid utility locations—in Newfoundland and Labrador, has just committed for two 30kW–130kWh CellCube vanadium flow energy storage systems to be integrated into a remote microgrid fuel and logistics center. The deal is still subject … [continued]
Cleantechnica interviews Imergy Power Systems about the company’s “mining” of vanadium from waste materials for use in its flow batteries.
