IGO’s Nova Nickel Operation to Trial VSUN Energy Vanadium Battery Standalone Power System

AVL Federal Government grant funded project to accelerate long duration vanadium battery uptake in mining industry with new installation.

• IGO Limited (IGO) to trial vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) standalone power system (SPS) supplied by AVL subsidary VSUN Energy at its Nova Nickel Operation.
• The VRFB will be initially free issued to IGO, with ownership or rental options after 12 months.
• SPS will power a bore pump with a target of 100% renewable energy use.
• Optimisation of power for pumps is a key area of focus for VSUN Energy across mining and agricultural markets.
• Funded partly by an Australian Government grant, AVL will build a value-added vanadium electrolyte manufacturing plant in Kwinana, WA, capable of producing 33MWh of energy storage capacity for the VRFB sector.
• VSUN Energy, the renewable energy generation and storage subsidiary of AVL, is actively developing markets for VRFBs in Australian markets.
• AVL is developing the Australian Vanadium Project south of Meekatharra in Western Australia, the world’s next primary critical mineral vanadium mine for high-strength, low-alloy steel and energy storage.