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"A proposed 108 megawatt (MW), eight hour vanadium flow battery has been
proposed for the Hunter Region in New South Wales at the site of the former
Muswellbrook Coal Mine.
The plan has come from Idemitsu Australia, the local subsidiary of Japanese
energy giant Idemitsu Kosan, as a centrepiece of the new Muswellbrook Clean
Industries Precinct that will replace the shuttered coal mine it once operated.
A vanadium redox flow battery, a type of rechargeable flow battery that uses
vanadium ions as charge carriers – a technology first patented by Australian
chemical engineer Maria Skyllas-Kazacos at the University of New South Wales in
the 1980s.
Proponents say that Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) offer a longer
lifespan than conventional lithium-ion batteries and increased safety thanks to
their low flammability. They are also easily scalable and fully recyclable.
The 108 MW vanadium flow battery would boast storage of at least 8 hours,
equivalent to 864 megawatt-hours (MWh).
If successfully built, the battery is expected to be the largest of its kind in
Australia, bigger than the 50 MW, 500 MWh vanadium redox battery planned by the
Western Australia government to boost grid reliability in its gold mining
capital of Kalgoorlie, and to support a new vanadium industry in the state.
The Hunter Vanadium Flow Battery would create 100 jobs in construction, and a
further 5 ongoing roles, and is one of several clean energy technologies being
built at the Muswellbrook Clean Industries Precinct.
Already announced are the Muswellbrook Solar Farm and Battery under development
by Idemitsu Australia in partnership with Swedish developer OX2 and the Bells
Mountain pumped hydro energy storage project being developed between AGL and
Idemitsu.
All proposed clean energy projects that make up the Precinct will be built on
and around the former Muswellbrook coal mine site."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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