As the world searches for safe, low-cost big batteries, an old Australian invention is getting new attention

Fri, 30 Dec 2022 19:49:52 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/vanadium-flow-batteries/

"In late September, a new power station opened in Dalian, northeastern China.

It’s a big battery – but it doesn’t look much like one that Tesla would sell
you. The station is filled with tanks and pumps, moving liquids filled with
vanadium throughout the facility. The only lithium to be had is in the phones
of the staff operating the plant.

It’s a “flow battery”: a 40-year-old Australian invention that is receiving
renewed focus as our energy grids transition."

Greg A. Woods added: "There’s also RedFlow’s Zinc-Bromine flow battery:
<https://redflow.com/zbm3-battery>

Currently designed for smaller scale implementation, but they’ve already built
a 2MWh installation."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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