Two trial projects have been announced where vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage systems will support electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, one in South Korea, the other in Australia.
VFlow Technologies (VFlowTech), a startup spun off from Nanyang Technical University’s CleanTech laboratory in Singapore, said last week that its PowerCube battery storage system technology will be installed at existing gas stations in South Korea.
150kW / 500kWh PowerCube systems would be installed to support intelligent DC fast-charging infrastructure, leveraging existing locations and infrastructure in place at gas stations. VFlow Tech suggested the VRFB systems could be put underground while the batteries would be charged from local renewable energy sources.
Ferro-Alloy Resources Limited (LON:FAR) is developing the giant Balasausqandiq vanadium deposit in Kyzylordinskaya oblast of southern Kazakhstan. The ore at this deposit is unlike that of nearly all other primary vanadium deposits and is capable of being treated by a much lower cost process.