Redflow technology evangelist Simon Hackett has published his keynote speech from last week's Australian Energy Storage conference (AES 2018) on his website. 

Redflow Limited, a publicly-listed Australian company (ASX: RFX), produces small 10kWh zinc-bromine flow batteries that tolerate daily hard work in harsh conditions. Marketed as ZCell and ZBM2, Redflow batteries are designed for high cycle-rate, long time-base stationary energy storage applications in the residential, commercial & industrial and telecommunications sectors, and are scalable from a single battery installation through to grid-scale deployments. 
Redflow batteries are sold, installed and maintained by an international network of energy system integrators.

Redflow's smart, self-protecting batteries offer unique advantages including secure remote management, 100 per cent daily depth of discharge, tolerance of high ambient temperatures, a simple recycling path, no propensity for thermal runaway and sustained energy delivery throughout their operating life.

In this synchronised audio recording and PowerPoint deck, Simon poses the question: Will a future grid with large amounts of renewable energy storage necessarily use lithium-ion or other conventional battery systems for most of that large scale energy storage - or are there better ways?

Simon's presentation examines the role of flow batteries and other energy storage technologies in using renewable energy to build this future energy grid in which "baseload" power generation is on the wane. Simon specifically addresses the need to identify the lifetime environmental impact of 'environmentally friendly' energy generation and storage as distinct from just its up-front cost.

Click here to listen to and view Simon's presentation 

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