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Over the last 12 months, the worldwide utility scale VRFB project pipeline has grown from 8,300 MWh to 11,148 MWh. The vanadium supply required for these projects has grown from 37,346 tonnes to 61,314 tonnes.
Utility scale (40 MWh+) planned VRFB projects (5.5 tonnes of V per MWh)
1,200 MWh----- China - Pingmei Shenma Group (6,600 tonnes)
1,000 MWh----- China - Jiangsu TianWan nuclear station (5,500 tonnes)
1,000 MWh----- China - Jiangsu offshore wind integration (5,500 tonnes)
---800 MWh---- China - Liaoning peak plant (4,400 tonnes)
---800 MWh---- China - Ningxia energy storage power station (4,400 tonnes)
---800 MWh---- China - Shijiazhuang (4,400 tonnes)
---500 MWh---- China - Hubei Zaoyang Ph 2 (VRB Energy) (2,750 tonnes)
---500 MWh---- China - Hubei Zaoyang (VRB Energy & Pingfan) (2,750 t)
---500 MWh---- Australia - VRB Energy (2,750 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Dalian (Rongke/UET) stage 2 (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Yancheng (Shanghai Electric Group) (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Wuhan (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Hubei (Pueng/Pingfan/Gaoxin project (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Goromonzi (Bushveld Energy) (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Bulawayo (Bushveld Energy) (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- Australia - Pangea, Port Augusta (CellCube) (2,200 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- China - Guangdong Nuclear Power Station (1,100 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- China - VRB Energy project TBA H1 2021 (1,100 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Harare (Bushveld Energy) (1,100 tonnes)
---180 MWh---- Bushveld Minerals self generation project (990 tonnes)
---128 MWh---- USA - Salinas Green Valley project (704 tonnes)
-----80 MWh---- USA - Gonzales Bodega project (440 tonnes)
-----60 MWh---- China - Hongyanhe, Dalian (Rongke) (330 tonnes)
-----51 MWh--- Japan - Abira Town Hokkaido (Sumitomo Elec) (281 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- China - Tuoshan wind farm, Dalian (Rongke) (220 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- China - Wafangdian wind farm (220 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- China - Hubei PV integration (220 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- China - Lejia, Dalian (Rongke) (220 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- UK - LODES project (Invinity) (220 tonnes)
-------?----------- China - VRB Energy / Hanloon Energy power station
One off total of 61,314 tonnes of vanadium required (over next 1-3 years ?)
Global vanadium production in 2020 - 114,000 tonnes
alfreh - more info here
https://tinyurl.com/4vp564e6
A new VRFB project has been announced by the Pingmei Shenma Group in China. A massive 300 MW project which I've assumed is for 4 hours duration which would require 6,600 tonnes of vanadium.
Utility scale (40 MWh+) planned VRFB projects (5.5 tonnes of V per MWh)
1,200 MWh----- China - Pingmei Shenma Group (6,600 tonnes)
1,000 MWh----- China - Jiangsu TianWan nuclear station (5,500 tonnes)
1,000 MWh----- China - Jiangsu offshore wind integration (5,500 tonnes)
---800 MWh---- China - Ningxia energy storage power station (4,400 tonnes)
---800 MWh---- China - Shijiazhuang (4,400 tonnes)
---500 MWh---- China - Hubei Zaoyang Ph 2 (VRB Energy) (2,750 tonnes)
---500 MWh---- China - Hubei Zaoyang (VRB Energy & Pingfan) (2,750 t)
---500 MWh---- Australia - VRB Energy (2,750 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Dalian (Rongke/UET) stage 2 (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Yancheng (Shanghai Electric Group) (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Hubei (Pueng/Pingfan/Gaoxin project (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Goromonzi (Bushveld Energy) (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Bulawayo (Bushveld Energy) (2,200 tonnes)
---300 MWh---- Australia - Pangea, Port Augusta (CellCube) (1,650 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- China - Guangdong Nuclear Power Station (1,100 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- China - VRB Energy project TBA H1 2021 (1,100 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Harare (Bushveld Energy) (1,100 tonnes)
---180 MWh---- Bushveld Minerals self generation project (990 tonnes)
---128 MWh---- USA - Salinas Green Valley project (704 tonnes)
-----80 MWh---- USA - Gonzales Bodega project (440 tonnes)
-----60 MWh---- China - Hongyanhe, Dalian (Rongke) (330 tonnes)
-----51 MWh--- Japan - Abira Town Hokkaido (Sumitomo Elec) (281 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- China - Tuoshan, Dalian (Rongke) (220 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- China - Lejia, Dalian (Rongke) (220 tonnes)
-------?----------- China - VRB Energy / Hanloon Energy power station
One off total of 55,985 tonnes of vanadium required (over next 1-3 years ?)
Global vanadium production in 2020 - 114,000 tonnes
loudspeaker - would be interested to see how you came up with $100m profit at an AISC of $37.
At that AISC the breakeven market price is $40/mtV because BMN receive about 93% of market price, so at $40 they would get $37.2/mtV.
According to this government website, the project was underway in 2018.
"Next to Qisha port area, the new energy storage material industrial park invested by China Energy Storage Materials (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. is in full swing. This project with a planned total investment of more than 30 billion yuan will become the largest production base of new energy storage materials in China after completion. It will use South Africa's high-grade vanadium-titanium-magnetite resources to produce a new generation of high-purity vanadium electrolyte, provide core materials for the world's most advanced vanadium batteries, and sell them all over the world, making the world know "Made in China" once again."
http://www.fcgs.gov.cn/zxzx/tpxw/201804/t20180410_57409.html
https://v.gxnews.com.cn/a/16125133
On April 21 2017, Fangchenggang Municipal People's Government signed an agreement with China Energy Storage Materials Co., Ltd. and China Energy Storage Holdings Co., Ltd. to cooperate in the construction of vanadium and titanium in Fangchenggang Economic Development Zone. New material industrial park and energy storage industrial park. The planned total investment of the two industrial parks is 32.2 billion yuan.
It is understood that the Fangchenggang Vanadium and Titanium New Material Industrial Park project plans to invest a total of 20 billion yuan. It will be constructed in three phases. After full completion, the annual output of 200,000 tons of industrial vanadium and 1.5 million tons of acid-soluble titanium **** will become the largest vanadium and titanium new material in China. material production base. The planned total investment of the energy storage industrial park project is 12.2 billion yuan. After the project is completed, it will form a production capacity of 20GW all-vanadium redox flow batteries with an annual output of 250,000 tons of high-purity vanadium, 1.9 million tons of electrolyte, and 500,000 tons of caustic soda.
Actually, it doesn't tie up at all, because the extra electrolyte production will require 59,425 tonnes of vanadium every year.
59,425 tonnes of vanadium every year.
That's more than half of current vanadium production.
Every year.
That ties up with the planned increase in electrolyte production in the near future.
Planned electrolyte production (5.5 tonnes of vanadium per MWh)
2mt electrolyte- China - Fangchenggang (250,000 tonnes per year)
--------?------------ China - Ningde, Fujian (30,000 tonnes per year)
3,000 MWh pa -- Saudi Arabia, Dammam (16,500 tonnes per year)
1,650 MWh pa - China - Yichun - Jiangxi Yinhui New Energy (9,075 tpa)
---300 MWh pa - Australia - Vecco (1,650 tpa)
---200 MWh pa - South Africa - Bushveld Energy Phase 1 (1,100 tpa)
---200 MWh pa - USA - New York (Margaret Lake) Phase 1 (1,100 tpa)
--------?---------- - USA - Boston Largo
Total of 59,425 tonnes of vanadium per annum (exc. Fangchenggang)
Utility scale (40 MWh+) planned VRFB projects (5.5 tonnes of V per MWh)
Updated from 5.0 tonnes of V per MWh
1,000 MWh----- China - Jiangsu TianWan nuclear station (5,500 tonnes)
1,000 MWh----- China - Jiangsu offshore wind integration (5,500 tonnes)
---800 MWh---- China - Ningxia energy storage power station (4,400 tonnes)
---800 MWh---- China - Shijiazhuang (4,400 tonnes)
---500 MWh---- China - Hubei Zaoyang Ph 2 (VRB Energy) (2,750 tonnes)
---500 MWh---- China - Hubei Zaoyang (VRB Energy & Pingfan) (2,750 t)
---500 MWh---- Australia - VRB Energy (2,750 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Dalian (Rongke/UET) stage 2 (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Yancheng (Shanghai Electric Group) (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Hubei (Pueng/Pingfan/Gaoxin project (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Goromonzi (Bushveld Energy) (2,200 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Bulawayo (Bushveld Energy) (2,200 tonnes)
---300 MWh---- Australia - Pangea, Port Augusta (CellCube) (1,650 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- China - Guangdong Nuclear Power Station (1,100 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- China - VRB Energy project TBA H1 2021 (1,100 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Harare (Bushveld Energy) (1,100 tonnes)
---180 MWh---- Bushveld Minerals self generation project (990 tonnes)
---128 MWh---- USA - Salinas Green Valley project (704 tonnes)
-----80 MWh---- USA - Gonzales Bodega project (440 tonnes)
-----60 MWh---- China - Hongyanhe, Dalian (Rongke) (330 tonnes)
-----51 MWh--- Japan - Abira Town Hokkaido (Sumitomo Elec) (281 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- China - Tuoshan, Dalian (Rongke) (220 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- China - Lejia, Dalian (Rongke) (220 tonnes)
-------?----------- China - VRB Energy / Hanloon Energy power station
One off total of 49,385 tonnes of vanadium required (over next 1-3 years ?)
Global vanadium production in 2020 - 114,000 tonnes
Terry Perles provided some useful information.
As an electrolyte manufacturer, he gave us an accurate consumption figure of 5.5 mtv per MWh of electrolyte. That's 10% higher than the conservative 5.0 mtv projection I've been using for my project list.
I'll post the updated list above.
This almost certainly the company that will supplying the kit for the electrolyte plant.
"We are the World leading supplier of vanadium electrolyzer plant for VRFB electrolyte production. Our clean electrochemical process is proven at production-scale, to date C-Tech Innovation have installed vanadium electrolyte production facilities in the UK, USA, and Australia, and with ongoing projects in Australia and South Africa.
At C-Tech Innovation we have developed a novel electrochemical technology capable of manufacturing vanadium electrolyte without requiring additional chemical reagents. This electrochemical manufacturing route is a direct electrochemical reaction from vanadium pentoxide and sulfuric acid. The result is a high purity electrolyte with a reduced operating cost."
https://www.ctechinnovation.com/
Tron67 - there's lots of large scale VRFB projects either being built now or in the planning stage.
Utility scale (40 MWh+) planned VRFB projects (5 tonnes of V per MWh)
1,000 MWh----- China - Jiangsu TianWan nuclear station (5,000 tonnes)
1,000 MWh----- China - Jiangsu offshore wind integration (5,000 tonnes)
---800 MWh---- China - Ningxia energy storage power station (4,000 tonnes)
---800 MWh---- China - Shijiazhuang (4,000 tonnes)
---500 MWh---- China - Hubei Zaoyang Ph 2 (VRB Energy) (2,500 tonnes)
---500 MWh---- China - Hubei Zaoyang (VRB Energy & Pingfan) (2,500 t)
---500 MWh---- Australia - VRB Energy (2,500 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Dalian (Rongke/UET) stage 2 (2,000 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Yancheng (Shanghai Electric Group) (2,000 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- China - Hubei (Pueng/Pingfan/Gaoxin project (2,000 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Goromonzi (Bushveld Energy) (2,000 tonnes)
---400 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Bulawayo (Bushveld Energy) (2,000 tonnes)
---300 MWh---- Australia - Pangea, Port Augusta (CellCube) (1,500 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- China - Guangdong Nuclear Power Station (1,000 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- China - VRB Energy project TBA H1 2021 (1,000 tonnes)
---200 MWh---- Zimbabwe - Harare (Bushveld Energy) (1,000 tonnes)
---180 MWh---- Bushveld Minerals self generation project (900 tonnes)
---128 MWh---- USA - Salinas Green Valley project (640 tonnes)
-----80 MWh---- USA - Gonzales Bodega project (400 tonnes)
-----60 MWh---- China - Hongyanhe, Dalian (Rongke) (300 tonnes)
-----51 MWh--- Japan - Abira Town Hokkaido (Sumitomo Elec) (255 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- China - Tuoshan, Dalian (Rongke) (200 tonnes)
-----40 MWh---- China - Lejia, Dalian (Rongke) (200 tonnes)
-------?----------- China - VRB Energy / Hanloon Energy power station
One off total of 44,895 tonnes of vanadium required (over next 1-3 years ?)
Global vanadium production in 2020 - 114,000 tonnes
Some flimsy evidence that VRFB's are intended to be installed at the Zimbabwe solar park projects.
https://tinyurl.com/2p8uayrz