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23 Aug 20221 minute read

Cutting-edge vanadium flow battery brought online in Scotland

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Cutting-edge vanadium flow battery brought online in Scotland

A 1.8MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) has been installed and energised at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) test site in Scotland’s Orkney Isles.

Energy Storage News reports that the energy storage technology will be combined with generation from tidal power to produce continuous supply of green hydrogen at the facility on the Orkney Island of Eday, about 24km north of the Scottish mainland in the UK.

The batteries are able to withstand more cycles than typical Li ion batteries, making them far better suited to the variability of tidal power between high and low tides.

EMEC managing director Neil Kermode said in Current, “Energy storage solutions like vanadium flow batteries are crucial to creating resilient, clean energy systems of the future and we look forward to seeing the integrated system fully demonstrated later this year.”

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