Potomac Edison EV chargers at the project site. Image: Potomac Edison.
South Korea’s KEPCO trials vanadium flow batteries at R&D centre
South Korea’s largest electric utility will try out seven vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage systems made by Invinity Energy Systems.
The 1.5MWh deal was announced yesterday by Anglo-American flow battery company Invinity, which said Korea’s Hyosung Heavy Industries, part of the Hyosung Group conglomerate, has put in the order.
Electrical equipment manufacturer Hyosung’s energy storage division has been contracted for or delivered battery projects in various territories, including South Africa and the UK, and will be putting the flow battery systems at a Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) R&D center.
The deal follows the signing in April of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Invinity and…