China sets tone for future vanadium-flow battery development

The Chinese government has awarded a major contract to privately held clean technology innovator Pu Neng Energy for the construction of a 12 MWh vanadium-flow battery, as Phase 1 of a larger 40 MWh energy storage project, in Hubei province. This first phase will be installed in Zaoyang, Hubei, to integrate a large solar photovoltaic system into the grid. Following this 10 MW, 40 MWh project, there will be a larger 100 MW, 500 MWh energy storage project that will be the cornerstone of a new smart energy grid in Hubei province.