Swiss 2.1GWh vanadium flow battery project aims to prove niche where lithium cannot compete
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Cameron Murray
Summary
A 2.1GWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) project in Laufenburg, Switzerland, is being positioned as a world-first for flow battery technology at giga-scale. Invinity Energy Systems claims this project carves out a specific niche where lithium batteries cannot compete, unlike similar VRFB deployments in China which are driven by security-of-supply policy rather than technical necessity. The project represents a significant milestone for flow battery technology in large-scale energy storage.
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And if you look at the vanadium flow batteries that are being installed in China, they're being installed because of a policy trying to focus on the security of supply. Lithium batteries could do the job that those vanadium flow batteries in China are being deployed against.
Lithium batteries cannot do the job that is needed in Laufenburg. And so, in terms of carving out a niche for flow batteries, this is a world-first.
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