The use of vanadium in the battery energy storage sector is expected to experience disruptive growth this decade on the back of unprecedented vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) deployments.
Vanadium battery capacity can also be expanded by increasing the number of vanadium electrolytes, making it safer for large-scale installation. Given these advantages, the Chinese government sees the vanadium battery as an alternative to other, more hazardous storage batteries.
The grid-scale battery storage project will feature Invinity’s Vanadium Flow Battery technology, which provides long-duration, nondegrading energy storage and is ideal for the management of renewable energy systems. Invinity asserts that its battery technology will last for more than 25 years and is almost completely recyclable.
Wednesday 12 April 2023 Invinity Energy Systems plc has today been awarded £11 million in funding by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to build the largest grid-scale battery ever manufactured in the UK.
Battery maker Invinity Energy Systems has been awarded £11 million ($13.7 million) by the British government to build the UK’s largest-ever grid-scale battery storage.
The UK is aiming to fully decarbonize the country’s electricity by 2035. Since 2021, the country has spent more than £390 million turning off its wind farms to manage grid curtailment during times of oversupply and used gas power plants to fill in supply shortages. So grid-scale battery storage provides a solution to these challenges.