What bill shock? WA nursery celebrates two years of shunning the grid
Sydney Morning Herald
A Busselton nursery is celebrating two and a half years of paying nothing for its electricity usage after installing an industrial size battery and small solar array on its block two hours south of Perth.
Lucy Stuart and her husband Ian installed a 10kW power 100kWh vanadium redox flow battery at their native tree nursery in 2016 and since then has not paid for any of the energy its used.
Busselton farmer’s renewable energy win
Busselton Mail
A Busselton farmer has not had to pay for any of the energy they used for more than two and a half years after installing a renewable energy device.
Farmer Lucy Stuart helped pioneer a vanadium redox flow battery when she bought a battery for her native tree nursery she owns with her husband Ian.
Ms Stuart said since they had installed the vanadium flow battery, they had not experienced any interruptions to power and had not paid for any power.
The battery was the first vanadium redox flow battery installed in WA and was the first of its type sold by VSUN Energy which markets industrial-grade vanadium redox flow batteries.
Vanadium Batteries Better Suited to Large Grid Storage
Sky News
VSUN Energy was mentioned in Sky News’ Tech.Biz section at about 7 minutes into this broadcast.
Vanadium batteries go with the flow
The Australian
Australian Vanadium Ltd’s Managing Director, Vincent Algar, was interviewed by The Australian about vanadium redox flow batteries and the vanadium market for this article by Chris Griffith.
Looking beyond lithium-ion in energy storage
Utility Magazine
VSUN Energy had a small mention in this article from Utility Magazine.
With the focus having been on lithium-ion for energy storage solutions, there is some evidence that energy professionals are now looking to other options such as vanadium redox flow batteries, to provide storage where the ratio of power to energy is 1:4 or greater.
Vanadium redox flow batteries bid for Australia storage trial
Energy Storage Publishing
Renewables storage firm VSUN Energy is bidding to use vanadium redox flow (VRFB) batteries in a trial standalone power systems (SPS) project in Western Australia (WA).
WA’s energy minister Ben Wyatt has given the green light for electricity distributor Western Power to conduct the SPS demonstration within part of the state’s South West Interconnected Network— with 60 locations earmarked to take part.
VSUN Energy Targets Stand-Alone Power Systems Project
AVL ASX Announcement
VSUN Energy Targets Stand-Alone Power Systems Project
- VSUN Energy has submitted a registration of interest to Western Power for its Stand-alone Power Systems project
- 60 locations in regional Western Australia have been identified by Western Power
- Western Australian Energy Minister, Ben Wyatt, has given permission for Western Power to conduct this large demonstration project
- Vanadium redox flow batteries are becoming a key technology in the global energy story
Which type of energy storage is right for you?
redT Energy Storage
This redT Energy comparison document helps to show the difference in strengths between vanadium and lithium energy storage solutions.
VSUN Energy part of Australia’s battery innovation
VSUN Energy mentioned in the news, we’re not currently developing a vanadium flow battery, but we are working with a variety of manufacturers to increase the adoption of this Australian-invented technology into the Australian energy storage market:
http://reneweconomy.com.au/charging-ahead-how-australia-is-innovating-battery-technology-23628/
https://theconversation.com/charging-ahead-how-australia-is-innovating-in-battery-technology-90169
A wider range of storage systems
We are now able to offer vanadium energy storage systems from a range of manufacturers. Sizes start at the 5kW-15kWh residential solution and go through to multiple megawatt solutions.
For energy storage where you need hours of stable energy supply, talk to us about how we can help.