December 1, 2022: CellCube stated on November 23 that it had agreed to an settlement with North Harbor Clear Power to construct a producing and meeting line for its vanadium redox stream batteries in Australia.
The primary mission beneath the manufacturing cooperation settlement is the event of the biggest VRFB in Australia up to now — a 4MW/16MWh primarily based on the proprietary expertise of CellCube model proprietor Enerox.
CellCube and North Harbor can even conduct a feasibility research and work in the direction of a last funding choice in a 50-50 three way partnership to fabricate VRFBs in Australia.
The companions stated North Harbour, which is backed by Australian superannuation fund Conscious Tremendous, already has “a big mission pipeline that can embody deployments of VRFBs”.
“We’re excited to convey the manufacturing of this Australian-invented and significant vitality storage expertise to Australia with our strategic associate CellCube”, stated North Harbor MD and founder Tony Schultz.
Schultz stated the companions “can even collectively assessment and choose the most effective website that can present an preliminary annual manufacturing capability of not less than 40MW / 160MWh, with a goal of 1,000MW / 8,000MWh per 12 months and produce extra of 200 new jobs within the quick time period.”
CellCube CEO Alexander Schoenfeldt stated: “We now have greater than 140 programs deployed worldwide together with a number of small pilots in Australia and New Zealand however are searching for the lacking piece of the puzzle that makes 24/ 7 renewable vitality out there in Australia.” North Harbor is the reply, he added.
CellCube stated on July 14 that US energy grid system firm G&W Electrical will use VRFB expertise to help a microgrid being inbuilt Illinois.