"A new research company in Europe will develop a complete vanadium flow battery to provide power to electric motors for ships"
A European project is using a vanadium flow battery for an electric power system for ships Conoship in the Netherlands and Vega Reederei in Germany are using technology from Vanadium Corp in Canada in a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) company.
The new company will develop a next-generation redox flow-battery stack based on a high-energy-density vanadium electrolyte that is specifically formulated for marine applications.
Flow batteries have a lower power density but use scalable tanks to provide power over a long period. This works well for marine applications and the project aims to extend the established Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VFRB) technology into this area.