South Africa to pilot first utility-scale vanadium redox flow battery

Aim-listed miner Bushveld Minerals’ 84%-owned energy subsidiary, Bushveld Energy, will be commissioning its first utility-scale vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) for testing by State-owned power utility Eskom in May, says Bushveld Energy CEO Mikhail Nikomarov. Nikomarov notes that the commissioning is the result of persistent development work that started in 2014, adding that the trial’s success will go a long way towards advancing the company’s goal to establish a vanadium value chain in South Africa.