Australian Vanadium Limited (AVL) has announced the delivery of vanadium flow batteries (VFB) being undertaken by its subsidiary VSUN Energy for Horizon Power.
“The arrival of the vanadium flow battery for VSUN Energy’s Horizon Power project demonstrates another key step in AVL’s ‘pit to battery’ strategy. We are looking forward to working with Horizon Power to successfully deliver this project, allowing the utility to benefit from the role that VFBs can play in enabling decarbonisation and providing reliable, low cost, long duration grid energy storage, with the potential for high levels of local content when coupled with AVL’s WA-made vanadium electrolyte,” AVL Chief Executive Officer Graham Arvidson said.
In July 2023, Horizon Power entered into a contract with VSUN Energy to purchase its first VFB for a long-duration energy storage pilot in Kununurra, northern Western Australia.
Invinity Energy Systems plc (AIM: IES), a leading global manufacturer, supplied the VFB. After arriving in Fremantle, Western Australia, the battery will be transported to AVL’s vanadium electrolyte manufacturing facility for factory acceptance testing (FAT).
The 220kWh battery, capable of 78kW of power, will undergo FAT in early 2024. VSUN Energy will host industry participants during the process, and tests will be conducted with Horizon Power to demonstrate various use cases. After the final project components are received, the battery will be deployed to Kununurra for installation and commissioning.
