What are flow batteries and how can they improve resiliency, continuity and safety in urban installations? March 24, 2016 Seth Mullendore Project Manager Clean Energy Group
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Today’s Speakers • Mark Johnson , Smart Cities Chief, Schneider Electric • Mike Grunow , Vice President of Marketing, ViZn Energy Systems
What are flow batteries & how do they help my resiliency, continuity & safety in urban installations? 1. Resiliency protection from power outages 2. Continuity of operations 3. Safety from internal short circuits Mike.Grunow@ViZnEnergy.com & Mark.Johnson1@Schneider-Electric.com 1
Energy storage opportunities are next door: Requires performance & safety Smart Energy Smart Water Smart Buildings & Homes • Multiple Disparate Buildings Management • • Plant & Network Energy Performance Smart Grid Asset Management, Smart Generation, • High Performance Buildings • Water Distribution Optimization & Loss Mgt Demand Side Management, Utility Services • Flexible Buildings • • Stormwater management and Urban Flooding Renewables Integration & Micro Grid • Efficient Homes • • Irrigation Management District Heating/Cooling Management • Gas Distribution Management • Shore Connection Smart Public Services • Public Safety: Video Surveillance • Smart Street Lighting Management Smart Mobility Smart Data Center • EV Charging Infrastructure & Supervision Services • Efficient Data Centers • Traffic Management • Prefabricated Data Centers • Tunnel Management • Infrastructure Enabled Management Services • Tolling Management • Railway Management • Airport Solutions • City-wide Platforms • Cross-domain Application • City Strategy Services Smart • Energy & Sustainability Resource Management • Weather • Sustainability Services • Urban Efficiency Platform Integration • GIS • Smart Cities Advisory Services • District Energy Management Information System • Asset Management • Energy Performance Contracting 2
What is a Flow Battery? Long proven history of safe, resilient & certified zinc/iron flow batteries: • 8 Years of USDOE & NASA research followed by • 8 Years of ViZn commercialization • ISO 9001-2008 certified manufacturing facilities • Idaho National Lab customer specializing in vulnerability assessments & infrastructure resiliency for electric grid reliability, control systems, cybersecurity and physical security systems. 3
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What’s Inside a ViZn Flow Battery? How is it made? 1. Safe electrolytes blended 2. Local tap water onsite 3. Alkaline solution 1. Anolyte: Zinc oxide 2. Catholyte: Yellow prussiate of soda 3. Alkaline solution: KOH and NaOH Zinc Oxide Li-Ion Yellow ViZn Prussiate of Soda 5
ViZn flow batteries: redundant system protection 1. Ships dry & de-energized 2. Inherently safe chemistry 3. Non-flammable electrolytes 4. Seamless tanks 5. Built-in containment diaphragm 6. Steel container 7. Leak detection sensors 8. Emergency off button 9. Gravity fed draining & deactivation 10. De-energizes in <15 seconds 11. 24/7 remote monitoring 12. Built-in fire suppression 6
What if? Worst Case Scenario If: Natural disaster, nearby explosion, or structural failure penetrates the exterior and spills all of the electrolyte. ViZn: • Easily neutralized with common materials • Easy to dispose of via local guidelines. • Potentially sewerable Lithium Ion: • Toxic smoke • Heavy metal cleanup site • Battery materials are an accelerant • Electric shock hazard w/ charged cells • Firefighter hazard, H2O reactivity 7
Case Study: Solar + Storage Safe Resilient Microgrid • Challenge s: solar storage, critical infrastructure operability during disasters & outages while preserving safety • Solution: distributed generation for 120% of critical power needs with solar. 20 Year life matches solar. • Result: Resiliency power for disaster & outage recovery with safety. Available for Zero Down 8
Simple steps Fast go/no-go with 1. Engineering study to identify all existing & new energy sources 6-9 month installation 2. No-cost financial analysis Need15-minute interval data in kW, kWh & tariffs for the past year 3. Team with utilities for all incentives 4. Options include: 1. Purchase 2. Lease 3. PPA 4. Shared-savings 5. Land-lease payment Cash Flow “+” Year 1 Options 9
Trust • Proven approach in over 250 Microgrid projects over 20 years • Full service provider with expertise in multiple segments Dependable • Most admired company (reference rankings) • Gartner Group top ADMS • Global specialist in energy management Best-in-class • # 1 leader in LV and MV solutions worldwide Expertise • Leadership in standards and regulatory committees • Broadest and deepest Microgrid expertise in the industry • Customizable and scalable Microgrid solutions that grow with your needs Customized Approach • Turnkey solution provider that is vendor agnostic • Flexible contracting approach for Brownfield or Greenfield opportunities • Built-to-last Microgrid solutions Sustainable • Enables you to monetize DER and leverage existing infrastructure • Resilient, efficient and green 10
Contacts: Mike.Grunow@ViZnEnergy.com Mark.Johnson1@Schneider-Electric.com 11
Thank you for attending our webinar Seth Mullendore Project Manager Clean Energy Group seth@cleanegroup.org Find us online: www.resilient-power.org www.cleanegroup.org www.facebook.com/clean.energy.group @cleanenergygrp on Twitter @Resilient_Power on Twitter 7
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