Invinity Energy Systems and Frontier Power have joined forces to implement vanadium flow batteries as part of the UK’s Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) procurement process. Frontier Power aims to submit multiple bids for the initial application window of the LDES cap-and-floor scheme, utilizing Invinity’s vanadium flow battery technology.
This cap-and-floor financial support initiative, introduced in October of last year and overseen by the UK energy regulator Ofgem, is designed similarly to the support available for electricity interconnector projects. As a result of this partnership, Frontier Power has secured up to 2GWh of Invinity’s manufacturing capacity through a right of first refusal arrangement. The batteries will be produced in the UK at Invinity’s facilities located in Scotland.
In an exclusive interview with Energy Storage News at the Energy Storage Summit held in London, Invinity CEO Jonathan Marren stated, “The Frontier Power team’s impressive track record in the interconnector and offshore transmission asset space makes them an ideal partner for us as we target multiple projects under the LDES cap-and-floor scheme.”
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