Featured in The great integrator – 08-2022

Flowing into the lithium supply gap

Australian-born vanadium redox flow technology and new homegrown electrolyte sources are set to bulk up renewable energy storage options in the Pacific region and plug the gap left by lithium supply-chain issues. Natalie Filatoff reports from Sydney.
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Natalie Filatoff
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Global demand for lithium is testing the limits of the metal’s availability. Production of electric vehicles powered by lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries is soaring, along with the call for more and bigger-capacity batteries to stabilize electricity grids as more renewable energy is connected. A simultaneous choke in lithium supply chains – pandemic-induced shipping-and-handling slowdowns, and manufacturing …

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