High Energy Density Potassium-Based Flow Battery

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Program:
OPEN 2012
Award:
$540,040
Location:
Thousand Oaks, California
Status:
ALUMNI
Project Term:
02/04/2013 - 01/31/2014

Technology Description:

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging is developing a water-based, potassium-ion flow battery for low-cost stationary energy storage. Flow batteries store chemical energy in external tanks instead of within the battery container. This allows for cost-effective scalability because adding storage capacity is as simple as expanding the tank. Teledyne is increasing the energy and power density of their battery by 2-5 times compared to today’s state-of-the-art vanadium flow battery. Their safe, scalable, low-cost energy storage technology would facilitate more widespread adoption and deployment of renewable energy technology.

Potential Impact:

If successful, Teledyne’s new flow battery would provide a practical path to removing the cost barriers for grid-scale energy storage systems.

Security:

A more efficient and reliable grid would be more resilient to potential disruptions.

Environment:

Electricity generation accounts for over 40% of U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Enabling large-scale contributions of wind and solar power for our electricity generation would result in a substantial decrease in CO2 emissions.

Economy:

Increases in the availability of wind and solar power would reduce fossil fuel demand, resulting in reduced fuel prices and more stable electricity rates.

Contact

ARPA-E Program Director:
Dr. John Lemmon
Project Contact:
Dr. Olivier Sudre
Press and General Inquiries Email:
ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov
Project Contact Email:
osudre@teledyne-si.com

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Release Date:
03/02/2012