Umnikezeli wamandla wengingqi ye-Western Australia i-Horizon Power iye yasungula ngokusemthethweni uvavanyo lwe-vanadium ibhetri yokuhamba kwindawo esemantla yelizwe njengoko iphanda indlela yokudibanisa ukugcinwa kwamandla ixesha elide kwinethiwekhi yayo, i-microgrids, kunye nezinye iinkqubo zamandla ngaphandle kwegridi.

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I-Horizon Power igunyazise ibhetri ye-78 kW/220 kWh vanadium flow battery (VFB) eKununurra eNtshona Australia njengoko iphonononga indlela obu buchwepheshe bunokusetyenziswa ngayo kakuhle ukuxhasa unikezelo lwamandla ahlaziyekayo kwimimandla nakwimimandla ekude.
Iprojekthi yokulinga iya kuvavanya ukuba ngaba iteknoloji ye-VFB - abathi abaxhasi banokuthi babonelele kwiiyure ze-12 zokugcina kwaye basebenze kuluhlu olubanzi lweqondo lokushisa - lunokusombulula imingeni yezobuchwepheshe ehambelana nokuseka izisombululo zokugcina amandla exesha elide kwiindawo ezigqithiseleyo.
I-CEO ye-Horizon Power uStephanie Unwin uthe eli lixesha lokuqala iteknoloji yokuhamba kwe-vanadium ihlolwe eNtshona ye-Australia kwaye ukuba iphumelele, iya kuba ngumdlalo wokwenene wokutshintsha amandla acocekileyo nathembekileyo kuluntu lwengingqi kunye noluntu olukude.
“IKununurra, enemozulu eshushu nefumileyo, yindawo ecela umngeni yokugcina amandla ebhetri,” utshilo. "Ukuvavanya ibhetri yokuhamba kwe-vanadium kwezi meko zinzima kuya kusinceda ukuba sifunde ngakumbi malunga nobuchule bayo kunye nokukwazi kwayo ukudibanisa ngokufanelekileyo kuthungelwano lwethu, uninzi lwayo luxhomekeke kubushushu obugqithisileyo."
Ibhetri ye-220 kWh ifunyenwe kumenzi we-United Kingdom-based based Invinity Energy Systems kodwa inikwe yinkampani ye-Perth-headquartered VSUN Energy, i-subsidiary ye-Australian Vanadium Ltd. (AVL), eye yaphatha ukufakwa kunye nokugunyaziswa.

I-CEO ye-AVL u-Graham Arvidson uthe i-teknoloji ye-VFB inikezela "eqinisekisiweyo" enye iteknoloji yebhethri ye-lithium-ion okwangoku elawula izicelo zokugcina amandla amileyo.
“Bubuchwephesha obusekiweyo, obuqinisekisiweyo,” utshilo u-Arvidson. “Ayisiyo-R&D kwaye kutheni ungababoni kuyo yonke indawo okwangoku kwiindawo ezinje nge-Australia kungenxa yokuba ityala elitsha lokusetyenziswa lifika ngoku. Ngoku isiza ngokwayo kunye notshintsho lwamandla kuba sijonge kwiibhetri zexesha elide. Singena kwisigaba esitsha ngokupheleleyo secandelo lezamandla apho uqoqosho lwezi bhetri luya kunyanzela kakhulu.
Ukuqina, ukuqina kweqondo lokushisa, kunye nokugcinwa kwexesha elide lokugcinwa kweebhetri ze-vanadium zibonisa ukuba banokudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekunciphiseni ukusetyenziswa kwamafutha e-fossil ekuveliseni umbane, ngakumbi kwiindawo ezinzima kunye neendawo ezikude.
UHorizon uthe iprojekthi yokulinga iKununurra iya kuyibonelela ngamava okusebenza axabisekileyo kunye nokuqonda iteknoloji yeVFB. Eli phulo leenyanga ezili-12 liza kubonelela ngezifundo malunga nendlela yokudibanisa ukugcinwa kwamandla ixesha elide kuthungelwano kunye neenkqubo zamandla angekho kwigridi.
"Sijonge phambili ekufundeni ngakumbi malunga nokwenzeka ukuba le teknoloji idibaniswe ngokufanelekileyo kwinethiwekhi yethu, ukuxhasa ukuthunyelwa kwebhetri kwixesha elizayo kuyo yonke indawo yethu," kusho u-Unwin.
I-Horizon inoxanduva lokuhambisa izisombululo zamandla kwindawo yonke yenkonzo egubungela i-2.3 yezigidi zesikwere km. Isebenza iNkqubo eDityanisiweyo yaseMntla Ntshona (NWIS) kwingingqi yasePilbara, inethiwekhi encinci ye-Esperance, kunye ne-34 microgrids kwiidolophu zengingqi kunye noluntu olukude.
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