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The vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) is arguably the most well-studied and widely deployed RFB system. At the time of writing, there are approximately 330 MW of VRFBs currently installed around the world with many more systems announced or under development, including a 200 MW/800 MWh plant in Dalian, China [15, 16].
Vanadium leasing, whereby a third-party company leases the vanadium, usually in the form of VRFB electrolyte, to a battery vendor or end-user is a proposed solution beginning to gain market traction.
Vanadium use is primarily limited to a single market, the production of steel, which accounts for about 90% of demand , and only China, Russia, and, most recently, South Africa are major exporters .
For leasing to be an attractive option as compared to upfront purchase, vanadium prices must be sufficiently high and/or annual fees must be suitably low. At the time of writing, the price of vanadium pentoxide is ca. 16 $ kg −1 , which corresponds to 29 $ kg −1 of vanadium.
In 2018, in addition to the growth of the VRFB market, demand for vanadium rose after the creation of new Chinese rebar standards for steel that mandated an increase in the vanadium content . Simultaneously, supply dropped as various vendors halted or fully shut down production due to ongoing environmental inspections and project closures .
As battery suppliers must guarantee a certain minimum capacity rating to a buyer , it is informative to consider the common practice of system oversizing: while the battery may be nominally rated for 10 MWh – the capacity the user will expect – it can, in theory, provide more energy at the beginning of life.
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