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FLOW BATTERY NEWS

UK ESS project to be world’s

biggest Li-ion-VRFB hybrid

A project to decarbonize
the UK city of Oxford will
see energy management
firm Pivot Power install a
50MW hybrid lithium ion/
vanadium redox flow bat-
tery coupled with smart en-
ergy management, the com-
pany announced on April 3.
The £41 million ($54 mil-
lion) project by the Energy
Superhub Oxford consor-
tium will combine energy
storage with electric vehicle
charging stations.
The project should be
completed by 2020.
The hybrid system, a as the workhorse supplying Habitat Energy will de- to save 20,000 tonnes of
combination of a 48MW routine power demand and velop software to balance CO a year by 2021, rising
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lithium ion battery and a extending the life of lithium the grid second by second, to 44,000 tonnes annually
2MW/5MWh vanadium batteries by saving them for allowing the management by 2032 through the pro-
redox flow battery from power spikes. of energy storage and EV ject.
UK firm RedT, will be the The project includes a charging to reduce the The University of Oxford,
world’s biggest energy stor- network of 100 power strain on the grid and allow with energy research con-
age system of its type when transmission systems con- it to accommodate more re- sortium EnergyREV and
installed. necting ultra-rapid pub- newably sourced energy. the Energy Systems Cata-
RedT said: “Lithium is lic charging stations with The optimization plat- pult “Energy Revolution
well suited to delivering others at Oxford council’s form will also manage Integration Service”, will
short power bursts but it main vehicle depots and the electric vehicles to provide study the project to pro-
degrades with heavy use. city’s two main bus depots, additional flexibility to the duce recommendations
Projects can get best return providing the opportunity electricity network. supporting the rollout of
on investment by using flow for their fleets to go electric. Oxford City Council aims similar initiatives.

Hybrid VRFB and Li-ion microgrid

brings power to remote Thai village

A microgrid project will nounced on February 13. ies, three 100kWh lithium that will supply power to
combine lithium ion and The Thai government- batteries from Chinese firm the community’s school,
zinc bromide flow batter- backed project in the village KStar, and solar cells. town hall and temple, while
ies coupled with solar at a of Ban Pha Dan in Lamphun TSUS (Tusas Excellent the lithium batteries will
remote Thai village, flow province combines 10 Red- Engineering Company) in- deliver power to individual
battery maker Redflow an- flow ZBM2 10kWh batter- stalled the flow batteries houses. Villagers can also
use the power for their wa-
Deal paves way for 80MWh of flow ter systems for drinking and
agriculture.
While primarily meeting
battery deployment on UK market the energy needs of Ban
Pha Dan, this hybrid ESS is
A strategic partnership Following our initial cov- The company aims to use intended to provide experi-
deal between Canadian erage of the deal on Febru- flow batteries to enter the ence and insights for future
firm Cellcube Energy Stor- ary 7, ESJ can reveal that UK’s Firm Frequency Re- projects.
age Systems and UK-based Immersa plans to straddle sponse and demand side re- The project is the first
Immersa aims to bring both short and long-term sponse markets, despite commercial installation of
20MW/80-120MW of va- markets with a goal of de- flow batteries traditionally Redflow batteries in Thai-
nadium redox flow battery livering up to 15 projects being associated with the land since it began manufac-
systems to the UK market, this year under multiple op- longer duration and longer turing batteries in its Bang-
Immersa has told ESJ. erating modes. response applications. kok facility last June.

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