Horizon starts flow battery pilot to test viability in extreme conditions and remote grids
Renew Economy
Horizon Power has officially started the 12-month pilot of a long duration vanadium flow battery in Kununurra, to prove whether or not the technology will stand up to the hot, arid conditions.
The 78 kW / 220 kWh vanadium flow battery was lifted into place on 1 October and the pilot was timed to start with a ribbon cutting event by Western Australia energy minister Reece Whitby.
The installation has been a long time coming: Horizon Power bought the battery in mid-2023 from VSUN [Energy], a division of Vanadium Australia, and it had to go through a long period of factory testing in Perth before the journey north.