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Watch Rongke Power’s 175MW/700MWh vanadium flow battery project come to life ⬇️

#ICYMI: Last week, it was reported that Advario Asia Pacific, VFlowTech and JTC Corporation have signed an MoU to collaborate on a vanadium flow battery of up to 40MWh capacity. The project will be located on Jurong Island in Singapore. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, 22 October. "The three parties will explore using Advario's tank infrastructure to scale VFlow’s VFB technology up to 40MWh, about 25 times its current capacity. This is equivalent to powering over 3,000 4-room Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats daily." Jurong Island is considered the powerhouse of Singapore, as it is the 8th largest exporter of chemicals in the world and serves as the base of operations for over 100 international chemical and energy companies. As the level of operations continues to expand, Jurong Island requires large amounts of energy to meet production demands. https://lnkd.in/gu3QPYhK #vanadium #VFB #renewableenergy PR Newswire

Interesting to see VFlowTech investigating using vanadium flow batteries underground with this grant funding #vanadium #VFB

#ICYMI VSUN Energy Manager Zamien Sumich presented at the All Energy Australia Conference in Melbourne yesterday. After the presentation, a panel discussion was held with all the session speakers, to discuss bringing long-duration energy storage to the market. #vanadium #VFB $AVL #AllEnergyAU Clean Energy Council

Data from Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) demonstrates how vanadium flow batteries can leverage low and high energy demand and prices. During the day, the cost of energy can be in negative, enabling a battery owner to be paid to absorb the excess energy. When demand rises, so does the spot price, enabling the battery to deliver that stored energy into the market. This graph shows the demand and spot price in South Australia for the past 24 hours, with the spot price having been at almost -$900 per MWh and predicted to be almost $600 this evening. The battery would also be cycled through the interim period, able to provide supply and ancillary services, leveraging its characteristic of having unlimited shallow and deep cycles. https://lnkd.in/ebuMeVR6 #vanadium #VFB $AVL

At the All Energy Australia conference in Melbourne today, the Clean Energy Council presentation discussed the need for long duration energy storage (LDES) as coal exits the system. ‘The missing middle’ for LDES highlighted vanadium flow batteries as one of the technologies to provide a solution. #vanadium #VFB $AVL Zamien Sumich

A reminder that VSUN Energy's Manager Zamien Sumich is presenting at All Energy Australia tomorrow morning. Zamien will be presenting as part of the 'Bringing long duration energy storage to market' session at 11am, alongside Ana Spataru, Dr, Sara Taylor, Ava Hancock and Erin van Maanen. This will conclude with an interactive panel discussion chaired by Bill Truscott from Origin Energy. Register to attend if you haven't already as the conference starts today. https://lnkd.in/gW3qmU9N #vanadium #VFB #AllEnergyAU $AVL All Energy Australia Clean Energy Council Hydrostor Upper Hunter Hydro Hydro Tasmania

Last week the AMBC travelled to UNSW to attend the 40th Anniversary Flow Battery Innovation Symposium hosted by Emeritus Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos and her team.   The event brought together leaders from industry and research to discuss the challenges and opportunities in implementing #flowbatteries here in Australia.    ➡️ Opportunities   Flow batteries offer a unique solution for Australia’s LDES needs. Due to their liquid electrolytes, they are highly scalable, offering a potential low Levelized Cost of Storage in long duration applications.   Tomas Mach presented modelling from Rio Tinto demonstrating that Vanadium Flow Batteries present a cost-effective and competitive storage solution as they seek to decarbonise their operations.   Given these advantages flow batteries are being adopted across the world. For example, Ao Tang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences highlighted the surging investment in Vanadium Flow Batteries being undertaken in China and that automated manufacturing is bringing costs down.   With our rich mineral deposits, and technological expertise, Australia has the opportunity develop an integrated battery supply chain for crucial long duration energy storage (LDES) in our own energy markets and for export internationally.   ➡️ Challenges:   Storage is still catching up to Australia's surge of renewable generation and ready to install short-duration energy storage (lithium) is favoured, supported by incumbent technologies (such as gas peakers).    Moreover, current project valuation models fail to factor in all the advantages of flow batteries – including the everlasting, non-degradable properties of the Vanadium Flow Battery Electrolyte and secondary benefits of manufacturing jobs.   ➡️ What next:   Governments in UK and China are incentivising LDES because they see its long term need.   To accelerate deployment of flow batteries the industry challenge is to show how LDES can be better valued in the Australian context and to build an investment case for flow battery deployment that properly values the benefits and includes required price signals.     Thank you ARC Research Hub for Integrated Energy Storage Solutions for organising the event. The AMBC looks forward to contributing to the future of Flow Batteries here in Australia.   #batteries #manufacturing Department of Industry, Science and Resources | Department of Energy and Climate | Department of Resources (Queensland)

A great example of this commercialisation and longevity is Sumitomo Electric's 60MWh vanadium flow battery that started operation in 2015, providing frequency regulation and renewable energy smoothing for Hokkaido Electric Power Network. #vanadium #VFB $AVL

'Symposium marking 40 years of vanadium flow batteries' - BESTmag reports on the symposium held last week in Sydney. 2024 marks 40 years since the vanadium flow battery was invented by UNSW Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos and her team. Australian Vanadium Limited and VSUN Energy representatives were in attendance, with AVL's CEO Graham Arvidson presenting and VSUN Energy Executive General Manager Stephanie Banning joining in panel discussions. https://lnkd.in/g3J9HCpQ #vanadium #VFB $AVL Samantha McGahan Yifeng Li