More
energy from the sun reaches the earth in a single hour than humanity uses in an
entire year. Photons hit the silicon in a solar panel and dislodge electrons as
an electric current. The sun’s rays also warm the earth, causing air to rise
and generating wind currents that we can harness with wind turbines.
We can
capture this variable energy with energy storage, and convert this free fuel
into nearly limitless clean electricity. Pu Neng’s Vanadium Redox Battery
Energy Storage System (VRB-ESS®) can charge and discharge throughout the day to
balance the variable output of solar and wind generation.
Flow
batteries are poised to dominate the utility-scale storage market for wind and
solar integration. The technology is better suited to the deep discharge applications
that require four to eight hours of storage per day. VRB-ESS deliver an almost
infinite number of cycles over more than 20 years, yielding the best, most sustainable
lifecycle economics.
