The MoU has an 18-month term. It is non-binding, except for customary provisions covering confidentiality and intellectual property, and does not obligate either party to enter into a future commercial agreement.
AVL chief executive Graham Arvidson said the collaboration would allow the companies to examine how long-duration energy storage (LDES) could support operational flexibility, energy cost management and decarbonisation objectives.
“This MoU with Alcoa represents an important opportunity to demonstrate the value of vanadium flow batteries in utility-scale industrial applications,” Arvidson said.
“Long-duration energy storage will play a critical role in enabling industrial electrification and increasing the utilisation of renewable energy, and VFB technology is particularly well suited to these applications.”
The study is expected to draw on AVL’s V-NOMAD electrolyte technology platform and VSUN Energy’s Lumina utility-scale vanadium flow battery development platform.
