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Huissense builder allowed to make electric boats for the port in Rotterdam: 'Important milestone'

The Huissense company PortLiner is allowed to moor a pontoon in the port of Rotterdam to be able to charge electric inland vessels with special batteries. This will allow the company to finally start building these ships after a long preparation.

PortLiner : Flow battery propelled electric barges

https://youtu.be/JIpv8rwblbI

Shanghai Electric Delivers the First Batch of VRFB Products to Europe

https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/shanghai-electric-delivers-the-first-batch-of-vrfb-products-to-europe-301896870.html

The artist formerly known as Prince.

House of Lords LDES Inquiry

https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7872/longduration-energy-storage/

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is conducting an inquiry into long-duration energy storage for Net Zero. The inquiry will consider how much long-duration energy storage will be needed and whether current Government policies are sufficient to support its development. The Committee has issued a call for written evidence and will be taking oral evidence from September 2023.

Short-duration energy storage to balance the grid, such as that provided by batteries, is important, but this inquiry will focus on longer-duration storage – in excess of 4 hours.

The UK is likely to need substantial investment in infrastructure that can store energy across days, weeks, months and years. Medium-duration energy storage could be defined as between 4 and 200 hours, while long-duration energy storage would store energy for over 200 hours. Both will be needed for a net zero electricity grid. As recent years have demonstrated, energy security is a crucial economic and societal issue and is now part of the remit of the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

A range of technologies – such as hydrogen, compressed air, redox flow batteries, molten salts, pumped hydro or synthetic fuels – could be used to store energy in different forms, or for different durations. Deploying large-scale long-duration energy storage infrastructure will require significant investment and skilled engineering capacity, but the business case is uncertain at present given current market structures. Estimates for how much storage will be needed depend on a range of factors and assumptions around future electricity supply and demand. There may be non-financial challenges to building the infrastructure necessary to store and transport energy around the country.

The Committee’s inquiry will take evidence on these issues and seek to establish whether the Government has sufficient policies in place to support medium- and long-duration energy storage and whether it is on track to deliver this crucial component of a net zero energy system.

China Energy Storage Network News: With the increasing market demand for long-term energy storage, all-vanadium liquid flow batteries have the advantages of long cycle life, high safety, zero capacity attenuation and high energy conversion efficiency, which have become one of the most suitable energy storage technologies.

Recently, more and more energy storage enterprises are aiming at the all-vanadium liquid flow battery market. They have signed contracts to invest in the construction of a batch of liquid flow battery production lines in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Anhui and other places, including Rongke Energy Storage, Shanghai Electric, Linyuan Group, liquid flow energy storage and other enterprises. Some projects are listed as follows:

http://www.escn.com.cn/20230719/0f3186bf26b24db4a62181afe8c62d8a/c.html

Inner Mongolia Mengdong Liquid Flow Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. put into operation the first phase of the annual output of 300MW liquid flow battery reactor production line

http://www.escn.com.cn/20230718/afd6f5a10c5b4582a72a420657aab016/c.html

Shaanxi Construction Engineering's annual output of 3GW vanadium battery production project has settled in the fixed edge

Star New Energy Star G Intelligent Manufacturing Base

Lixin Guoke All-vanadium Liquid Flow Battery Equipment Manufacturing

Star New Energy All-vanadium Liquid Flow Energy Storage Equipment Intelligent Production

Dalian Rongke liquid flow battery energy storage industrialization base settled in Ordos

Shanghai Electric will build a 1GWh energy storage liquid flow battery production line in Anchao Economic Development Zone.

Linyuan Group and Jinchang City, Gansu Province signed a cooperation agreement on the all-vanadium liquid flow energy storage system.

Anhui Wangjiang signed a contract for the production line and equipment manufacturing project of all vanadium liquid flow battery

Liquid flow battery production line and energy storage integration project settled in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia

sarem, aimed at driving the industrial & inclusive development of re & battery value chains in sa, is out for public comment.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/***lor-montmasson-clair-40188023_draft-sarem-july-2023-activity-7086801058697555968-3xr6

some snippets :

the south african renewable energy masterplan (sarem) articulates a vision, objectives and an action plan for south africa to tap into these opportunities. it aims to leverage the rising demand for renewable energy and storage technologies, with a focus on solar energy, wind energy, lithium-ion battery and vanadium-based battery technologies, to unlock the industrial and inclusive development of associated value chains in the country. this initial technological focus is aligned with global and domestic demand dynamics as well as south africa’s supply-side capabilities.

the vanadium-based battery value chain, although nascent domestically, also boasts material local capabilities, including vanadium mining and refining, electrolyte production and vrfb assembly. the manufacturing of stacks, dependent on intellectual property, would be a possible next step for the industry. 


in addition to these project- and procurement-level targets aimed at fostering inclusive development within the industry, renewable energy and storage projects and associated value chains have a role to play in supporting a just transition in south africa. in the short term, this is particularly focused on the country’s coalfields. as of march 2023, less than 2% of south africa’s renewable energy generation capacity was located in mpumalanga. as coal-based activities phase down, an opportunity exists for renewable energy and storage value chains to contribute to the economic diversification and rejuvenation of the coalfields. unlike other parts of the country, grid capacity is available and will be progressively released as coal-fired power plants close down, freeing space for renewable energy projects. industrial opportunities could also be nurtured, notably in the vanadium- based battery value chain.

in line with south africa’s just transition framework, renewable energy and storage activities can directly contribute to the economic diversification of the country’s coalfields, along with positive impacts on social progress and environmental sustainability.

renewable energy and storage, in line with grid availability, will be increasingly located in the coalfields (as well as other regions with grid capacity). a consistent, sustained pipeline of projects would positively contribute to employment creation in the region. importantly, particular attention will be paid to developing industrial activities linked to the renewable energy and storage value chains in the region, by supporting industrial parks notably, as well as other renewable energy development zones (redzs).

in this respect, the development of the vanadium-based battery value chain carries notable opportunities in the coalfields

Https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikhailnikomarov_flowbattery-ldes-bess-activity-7085278047905488896--YUP

Energy density may not be a disadvantage of flow batteries after all, according to an insightful analysis from the University of Colorado called "Beyond energy density: flow battery design driven by safety and location."

First, the authors look at existing large lithium (USA) and VRFB installations (China) and note that they are similar in how much land they take up. This is in part because lithium batteries have safety risks that require greater spacing in installation. Furthermore, lithium battery modules are rarely stacked, but when flow batteries are installed as bespoke rather than containerized designs, the tanks that hold electrolyte need not have a size limit.

Second, flow batteries have spatial flexibility when using vertical tanks from 8 to 20m high. These tanks common in bulk chemicals industries. In such configurations, flow batteries can actually have substantially smaller land footprints than lithium batteries.

Third, the combined implications of these aspects are quite significant for some use cases, such as ESS co-located with substations or in urban centers where land is limited and expensive. Furthermore, these are also locations where lithium BESS are finding increasing local and permitting opposition due to fire safety risks.

Of course, the downside to this design is a movement away from containerized and plug and play BESS, which are beneficial in reducing costs of production, delivery and installation. These have been design trends in most BESS technologies the past few years. Ideally, there would be a combination of modularity (and replicability) of flow battery configuration with the vertical potential offered by larger tanks.

#flowbattery #LDES #BESS #ESS #VRFB #energystorage #batteries

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Participants aware of the beneficiation of SA mining the vanadium & manufacturing the electrolyte for VRFBs.

Q&A regarding the Cellcube BESS @ Vametco (Imminent)

https://youtu.be/uPIgOPIw7Ro?t=4479

Mining/Industry Sector BESS pipeline (Tsunami)

https://youtu.be/uPIgOPIw7Ro?t=5022

Full Webinar Recording

https://www.iisd.org/events/potential-energy-role-grid-batteries-tackling-south-africas-electricity-crisis

New IISD report “Watts In Store” :

https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/south-africa-watts-in-store-part-1

https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2023-07/south-africa-watts-in-store-part-1.pdf

In addition to the aforementioned 300MW/1200MWh BESS.

https://m.bjx.com.cn/mnews/20230706/1317455.shtml

More VRFB projects contracts signed & investment confirmed in China last week.

100MW/400MWh

https://m.bjx.com.cn/mnews/20230704/1316814.shtml

Polaris Energy Storage Network learned that on 3 July, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province and SPIC Sichuan Electric Power Co., Ltd. signed a contract, and the province's first 100MW/400MWh vanadium redox flow battery energy storage demonstration power station project will be settled in Neijiang Economic Development Zone.

It is understood that the Neijiang 100MW/400MWh vanadium redox flow battery energy storage demonstration power station project has a total investment of about 1.5 billion yuan and a land area of about 45 mu. It is expected to be connected to the grid and put into operation in June next year.

This project is a strategic support project for the construction of the National Sichuan-Chongqing Energy Integrated Emergency Peak Shaving Base, which provides support for power grid peak shaving, helps new energy consumption and ensures power supply in summer. At the same time, the project is also the first all-vanadium liquid flow energy storage demonstration power station in Sichuan Province.

100MW/500MWh

https://news.bjx.com.cn/html/20230707/1317747.shtml

Polaris Energy Storage Network learned that on July 6, the State Power Investment Group Sichuan Electric Power Co., Ltd. signed a contract with the Management Committee of Sichuan Panzhihua vanadium Titanium High-tech Zone to invest in the construction of a 100MW/500MWh full vanadium liquid flow energy storage demonstration power station. After completion, it will become the largest demonstration application project of the full vanadium liquid flow energy storage power station in the southwest region.

It is reported that the total investment of the signed project is about 1.6 billion yuan. It is planned to be located in Tuanshan District, Panzhihua vanadium-titanium-titanium High-tech Zone, with a land area of about 80 mu, and the construction of 100MW/500MWh all-vanadium liquid flow energy storage demonstration power station.

6.6 Billion Yuan Investment

Shanghai Electric plans to invest 6.6 billion yuan to build a demonstration project of the whole industrial chain of all-vanadium liquid flow batteries in Xichang City and supporting green parks.

http://www.escn.com.cn/20230704/8f87811f5a244675884d6ea35a242e98/c.html

One of the most frequent questions asked when discussing the future of vanadium redox flow batteries. Some even think vanadium is a "rare earth" metal, which it is not. In fact, it is more abundant than lithium and quite a few other energy transition minerals.

Like every other mineral, you have to get it out of the ground (or recycle it). However, there is more than enough vanadium.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikhailnikomarov_didyouknow-vanitec-vanadium-activity-7074396257460379649-9j7Y

Vanadium is the 22nd most abundant element in the earth’s crust surpassing other battery minerals? It is more abundant than chromium, more than nickel, more than copper, more than cobalt, and more than lithium. Global vanadium resources exceed 64 million metric tonnes, with 24 million metric tonnes of known reserves, meeting current demand for over 150 years.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vanitec-vanadium_didyouknow-vanitec-vanadium-activity-7074371819075477504-szcV

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https://www.scheepvaartkrant.nl/nieuws/vergunning-voor-portliners-eerste-oplaad-en-op****ponton

portliner received the final environmental permit from the municipality of rotterdam and dcmr milieu on 8 june for the mooring and installation of an emission-free charging and storage pontoon on the hartelkanaal.

as a result, the inland shipping company can now officially start building the pontoon for the first electrically powered inland vessels in the netherlands. about two years ago, portliner, together with greenchoice and vattenfall, started the project to realize the emission-free loading and storage pontoon on the canal.

issuance of the building and environment environmental permit is an important milestone for portliner's innovative project. “with this permit and the accompanying project, we are taking an important step in the transition to more sustainable shipping,” says ton van meegen, director of portliner.

construction of the first e-storage pontoon (a floating bunker station) in the netherlands can now also be started. this pontoon will serve as a bunker station with a capacity for 40+ ships wishing to use the flow battery technology.

flow batteries

portliner's future co2-neutral inland vessels – for the first 135 x 14.5 x 4.25 meter ship, the detailed drawings are already ready at the yards – will be equipped with so-called flow batteries. although this technology has been around for more than fifty years, portliner claims the national first to be the first to realize a 100 percent electrically powered ships with it.

“the project is a zero emission system,” van meegen explains, “which means that there are no harmful emissions on the water. this guarantees cleaner inland navigation for the future and also offers the possibility of converting existing ships (retrofitten) to this system.”

electrolyte

with flow batteries, the energy (electricity) is stored in electrolyte. positive and negative electrolyte is fed along the stack (conversion cells) on board the ship, allowing electricity to be absorbed and released. the electrolyte is a fixed amount that can be reused over and over again. for example, after use, the empty (discharging) electrolyte on a charging and storage pontoon can be exchanged. new electrolyte can also be 'refueled' with a special electrolyte bunker boat.

https://youtu.be/4wj9iaomzik

Https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/uk-needs-to-build-eight-hour-batteries-to-balance-power-grid-1.1932238

(Bloomberg) The UK will need batteries that last four-times longer to balance supply and demand in a system that’s becoming more driven by swings in renewable power generation.

Now, Britain’s grid operator is incentivizing short-duration batteries of about two-hours, that won’t be suitable in future, according to a report by Balance Power Group Ltd. Energy storage of eight-hours will be needed to help supply power to the grid during periods of low wind.

The risk is that the capacity will have to be built twice, replacing shorter duration projects, which will mean even longer queues for grid connections. National Grid Plc and regulator Ofgem should support bigger projects, offering developers quicker connection dates and financial support in exchange, according to the report.

“Two-hour electricity storage systems will likely produce a sub-optimal outcome due to a larger than necessary volume of grid connections being required,” Balance Power said in the report. “This will likely add extra costs and time delays to connect individual electricity storage projects to the grid with the knock-on impact of making electricity more expensive for consumers in the interim.”

The UK wants to build 50 gigawatts offshore wind by 2030 but needs a stable technology as back up for periods when it’s not windy. To achieve the goal of having a carbon-free electricity grid by 2035, storage is needed to take renewable electricity when it’s abundant and discharge it when it is scarce. Reducing demand during still periods will also be a crucial way of balancing the network.

“To lose this momentum due to the significant gridlocks we’re experiencing will have serious, long-term effects on our ability to reach and sustain a net zero grid,” said Phil Thompson, chief executive officer of Balance Power.

Mikhail on LinkedIn regarding.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikhailnikomarov_are-we-developing-the-right-electricity-storage-activity-7074452001568301056-VhqY

Https://swzmaritime.nl/news/2023/06/08/portliner-to-build-two-zero-emission-inland-ships/

PortLiner intends to build two 135 x 14.50 m (429 TEU) inland waterway ships of the PortLiner “DUTCH” design. The company has now received a recommendation from Lloyd’s Register for the concept flow battery on board these inland vessels, which allows zero-emission operations.

The ships will be equipped with a 1500 kW electrical main propulsion, and an 840 KW electrical bow thruster. The electrical energy will be provided by a flow battery from the Austrian manufacturer Cellcube-Enerox. The flow battery system will have a maximum output of 3×500 KW with an electrolyte energy storage of 10,000 kWh.

In addition to being zero-emission, the vessels will also be prepared for future autonomous sailing.

Also read: CellCube and Portliner to build flow battery solution for all-electric inland vessel

E-Storage bunkering pontoon

PortLiner will also develop its own infrastructure by building an “E-Storage” bunkering pontoon, which will be located in the Hartelkanaal in the Port of Rotterdam. The PortLiner ships will exchange the electrolyte by pumping the decharged electrolyte to the bunkering pontoon and pumping the charged electrolyte to the ships. The ships can also be charged through a shore connection.

Both the ships and the pontoon will be certified by Lloyd’s Register against class Rules, ES-TRIN and ADN requirements.

Emission label A

With the development of these ships PortLiner will contribute to the greening of the inland waterway fleet as the ships will generate zero emissions. Based on the received technical specification of the system electrolyte, the inland vessel will receive an emission label A.

Https://projectblue.com/blue/videos/252

Portliner USA with NYTDA Logistics

https://youtu.be/AlmSvjw8-QI

Powered by Vanadium Flow Battery Propulsion.

100% Zero emission now Certified By Lloyds Marine.

Portliner 135 x 14,5 Meter - 429Teu Container Barge Lloyds Register

"LABEL A" certificate for ZERO EMISSION sailing

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/portliner_activity-7072243188903596032-xz6H?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Portliner

https://www.portliner.nl

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Anthony Viljoen, Andrada Mining has received double-digit unsolicited approaches from international lithium entities from five continents. Were looking for strategic partners to participate in the acceleration of the Company’s lithium strategy #juniorindaba #mining

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Queensland is currently witness to the creation of an industry. This is Vecco Group’s new Vanadium electrolyte manufacturing facility for supply into grid-scale flow batteries. 3 weeks from first production. In time it will be supplied by Vanadium mines around Julia Creek and support local battery manufacture. This department has financially supported the project and is coordinating mine infrastructure, facilitating battery manufacture proponents and partnering on the new critical minerals common user processing facility. It’s all part of the state’s New-Industry Development Strategy.

https://www.ctechinnovation.com/vanadium-electrolyte-manufacturing/

How a tiny outback town is showing the world a path to achieving net zero

https://inqld.com.au/business/2023/05/05/how-a-tiny-outback-town-is-showing-the-world-a-path-to-achieving-net-zero/

“Because there are no acceptable substitutes for Vanadium in aerospace titanium alloys, it is essential for both military aircraft and ballistic missiles”

https://usvanadium.com/us-titanium-alloys-aerospace-threatened/