NEW DELHI, Nov 11: Union Power Minister Manohar Lal on Tuesday inaugurated the country’s first MWh-scale vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) system of 3 MWh capacity, an official statement said.
Lal inaugurated the project at NETRA, the R&D centre of NTPC, the Ministry of Power said.
“(Power) Minister inaugurated India’s largest and first MWh-scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) system of 3 MWh capacity. This milestone project marks a major step forward in the nation’s journey towards long-duration energy storage (LDES) solutions, enhancing renewable energy integration and grid resilience,” it said.
An MWh-scale vanadium flow battery uses vanadium redox flow battery technology to store energy at the megawatt-hour scale. (PTI)
