There is tremendous opportunity in offering an economical electricity storage solution, in particular for Wind and Solar with mass-storage battery solutions. The factors regarding the new technology from a technical, commercialization and business point of view that give it a leading edge in the industry are:
Lower costs – The US DOE studies have estimated broad commercialization and adoption of mass-storage of electricity in the USA would require a cost-threshold of $750/KWh. Energy storage solutions in this class are estimated to be at approximately $1750/KWh. The HVRFB technology provides a solution with a cost well below this threshold.
Higher ambient temperature operations – The HVRFB will operate with a broader ambient temperature range (-10C to 65C). This will potentially eliminate the need for special heat management system requirements in all but the most extreme operational environments, which will again reduce overall costs.
Better safety profile – The combination of less corrosive materials, readily available and less costly stack materials and wider range of operating temperatures will allow use of the batteries in higher ambient temperature conditions and will combine to provide a significantly safer operational profile for the HVRFB.
Aartha USA is the licence holder from a US DOE laboratory to develop and manufacture a more technologically advanced and cost competitive Electrochemical Flow Battery for North America and markets around the world.
