Canadian All-Vanadium Battery Energy Storage Company

How many MWh can a vanadium flow battery store?

It can store 8.4 megawatt hours (MWh) of solar power, and is the only vanadium flow battery deployed at scale in Canada. Harper, an engineer by training, began working with flow batteries in 2005 at VRB Energy, the original licensee of the all-vanadium technology in North America, which was sold to Prudent Energy in 2009.

How many Albertans use a vanadium flow battery?

It is the only vanadium flow battery deployed at scale in Canada, with a storage capacity of 8.4 megawatts of solar power serving the electricity needs of 7,000 Albertans. (Photo courtesy Invinity Energy Systems) Since the spring of 2023, more than 7,000 Albertans have gotten their power from a shed north of Medicine Hat.

What is a vanadium flow battery?

The Vanadium Flow Battery is the most mature of the LDES battery technologies. VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. (TSX-V: VRB ) is a Canadian critical metals company creating a supply chain for the new generation long-duration Vanadium Flow Batteries (VFBs) that target the decarbonization of electrical grids.

Is vanadium the future of batteries?

Traditionally used to create stronger, lighter, and more durable steels and other alloys, vanadium is emerging as a potential element in the grid-scale batteries needed to store renewable energy.

Which Canadian companies are planning a 21 MW solar plant in Alberta?

Canadian companies Invinity and Elemental Energy are planning to couple a 21 MW solar plant under development in Alberta with 8.4 MWh of vanadium redox flow battery storage capacity. Invinity’s batteries at the Energy Superhub Oxford site, in the UK. Image: Invinity

Where are vanadium electrolytes made?

VanadiumCorp is in the commissioning stage of its first manufacturing plant in Val-des-Sources, Québec. Plant No. 1 contains a cutting-edge electrolyzer designed to produce high-purity vanadium electrolytes.