A new battery storage system that can work at up to 20,000 discharge-recharge cycles without dissipating performance is being developed by Abu-Dhabi based researchers that could potentially create a new industry and push renewable energy forward.

Called the vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB), its capacity is limited only by the size of the tanks used to store its electrolytes. Vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) is a unique electrochemical energy storage technology that provides high-performance storage for future electrical grids.

The new battery is being developed by Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston to push innovative energy storage technology.

MIST an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies.

The  innovative solution has the potential to be a key storage system for electrical power sourced from renewable and conventional energy.

There are a few renewable energy storage solutions in the market today, but they tend to be expensive and cannot be used in all the operating environments that require renewable energy uptake. But this technology has the potential to overcome these obstacles

Storage Technology  is seen as crucial for the renewable energy to double its share of the electricity sector by 2030. The Masdar-MIT battery aims could help the UAE store its renewable energy in a secure and dependable manner, he said.

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Developing such a novel energy storage system could also provide the UAE with a valuable product for global energy storage market, which is forecasted to reach $113.5 billion by 2017.

With an effective and realistic energy storage technology, the UAE will be able to take advantage of its plentiful solar and wind energy, providing the country with clean power to take it into the next century.

The needed breakthrough in electrochemical energy storage will be in Redox Flow Batteries (RFBs).An RFB is a rechargeable battery built around two chemical components dissolved in liquids contained within different tanks in the system and the flow of the liquids is separated by a membrane, allowing the electrical energy to be stored in chemical energy, and then converted back into electrical energy when wanted.

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