Vanadium flow batteries show technical promise for decarbonizing the power sector. High and volatile vanadium prices limit deployment of vanadium flow batteries. Vanadium is globally abundant but in low grades, hindering economic extraction. Vanadium's supply is highly concentrated as co-/by-product production.
We found that the vast majority of vanadium is produced as a co-/by-product in a highly concentrated supply chain, which helps explain the extreme volatility in supply and price witnessed in the vanadium market. These factors also cause concern for the upper bound of the rates at which annual supply can feasibly grow.
While the battery architecture can host many different redox chemistries, the vanadium RFB (VRFB) represents the current state-of-the-art due to its favorable combination of performance and longevity. However, the relatively high and volatile price of vanadium has hindered VRFB financing and deployment opportunities.
Thus, the prohibitive price of vanadium may remain a separate issue from the supply chain challenges discussed here. One method to reduce the burden of the vanadium price does exist via a new market of electrolyte leasing, where a third-party company leases the vanadium – usually in the form of VRFB electrolyte – to a battery vendor or end-user.
Vanadium producers have recently benefited from an increase in infrastructure spending. However, the demand for vanadium also continues to increase with other applications, including in the aerospace industry and the production of vanadium redox batteries. Various supply-demand forecasts have vanadium in a supply deficit starting around 2025.
The use of vanadium in renewable energy storage solutions, such as Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (VRFB), is an efficient and cost-effective alternative to existing lithium-ion (Li-ion)-based batteries. A redox flow battery (RFB) is an electrochemical energy storage device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy.
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Vanadium Redox Flow Battery
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Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
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Techno-economic assessment of future vanadium flow batteries …
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