Sumitomo launches new VRFB BESS
Sumitomo Electric launched its new VRFB product for ESS. While the new product benefits from a 10-hour duration and a 30-year lifespan, it sits in a 40-foot container which offers just 2.4MWh of capacity. Contrast that with cutting edge lithium-ion ESS which offers in the region of 7-7.5MWh of capacity in a 20-foot container and you can see that there's a real difference there. But in contrast is the difference in duration. 10 hours for the SE system which could effectively bleed out the solar power stored during the day overnight meaning that during the summer the solar power station...
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