Australia has the potential to become a global leader in the burgeoning flow battery market. As the nation increasingly relies on solar and wind energy, the need for efficient energy storage solutions grows. Flow batteries, with their longer duration capabilities compared to lithium-ion batteries, offer a promising avenue for meeting this demand. The Australian government's $500 million battery manufacturing strategy recognizes the importance of flow batteries and aims to foster domestic production.
Flow batteries are the future of renewable energy and Australia could be a world leader – if there’s fundingWithin a decade, Australia could become a globally competitive battery maker – just as demand for energy storage growss more and more solar and wind energy enters Australia ’s grid, we will need ways to store it for later. We can store electricity in several different ways, from pumped hydroelectric systems to large lithium-ion battery systems. We can also use flow batteries .
Flow batteries can be altered to suit requirements of a task. You can change how much power you generate and how much storage . If you want more storage, you increase the volume of electrolytes in the tanks.As you increase storage capacity, the cost per kWh of stored energy decreases dramatically. This is because you only have to add more liquid electrolytes rather than adding entirely new battery packs, as in conventional batteries.
After decades of development, vanadium flow batteries are now being commercially produced by companies in Japan, China and Europe, with several GWh worth of capacity now installed globally. In Australia, Queensland-based company ESI Asia Pacific is planning to develop its own iron flow batteries at a new factory in Maryborough once construction is completed in 2026.While iron is plentiful and cheap, these batteries rely on high-purity iron chloride to reduce iron corrosion. This may mean electrolytes cost significantly more than expected. Field testing data is limited to date.
As a major producer of lithium, Australia could also manufacture lithium batteries for domestic use or export. To compete globally, we would need to embrace automation.
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