American Vanadium, the North American sales agent for Gildemeister energy solutions’ CellCube vanadium flow energy storage systems, announced that the CellCube has received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 508A certification. The UL mark is the single most accepted product accreditation in the United States and is generally a pre-requisite for permitting and insurance. “Our customers rely on…
American Vanadium receives first commercial order for CellCube energy storage systems
American Vanadium Corp. recently announced that Newfound Energies has signed a purchase order, subject to financing, for two 30KW-130KWh CellCube vanadium flow energy storage systems for integration into a remote microgrid fuel and logistics center. This is the first purchase order American Vanadium has received as the North American agent for GILDEMEISTER energy solutions’ CellCubes. A…
American Vanadium demonstrates first CellCube flow battery in New York
American Vanadium says it will partner with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to demo the CellCube vanadium redox flow energy storage system. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Transit Office of Strategic Innovation and Technology will host this demonstration at the MTA’s Energy Star Certified facility at…
Improving the grid with lots of stored MWs
The wind industry can look forward to a sort of battle of the batteries thanks to competition, falling costs, and recent regulations. Paul Dvorak, Editor One knock against renewable energy is that its variable delivery makes it more difficult for those responsible for transmission to keep the grid stable. The conventional and costly solution has…
N.Y. working hard to catch up with California’s energy storage requirements
Editor’s comment: This guest commentary is provided by Bill Radvak, President & CEO of American Vanadium Corp, americanvanadium.com Battery storage is gaining more traction in the distributed energy resources community. Last fall, California passed the first statewide energy storage directive in the United States. Issued by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the mandate…
Modular flow battery aims to improve wind and solar plants
You’ve read a lot about Lithium as the primary element in modern batteries powering just about everything electric. Get ready to hear more about Vanadium which is an element fundamental to a battery class intended for the long-term storage of large amounts of power. American Vanadium has recently introduced the CellCube vanadium flow battery to…
American Vanadium and Gildemeister partner for energy storage
American Vanadium Corp. (www.americanvanadium.com), a mining company developing its world class Nevada-based vanadium deposit, has entered into a business relationship with Gildmeister energy solutions of Germany, part of Gildemeister group (www.gildemeister.com), which holds a leading position worldwide as a producer of cutting machine tools as well as integrated energy solutions for the production, storage, and…