Redflow navigates global growth as energy storage surges
Navigating growth as demand for sustainable energy storage solutions reaches an all-time high falls squarely onto the shoulders of Brisbane’s Tim Harris.
The CEO of zinc bromine flow battery innovator Redflow just scored one the most significant projects in the company’s history, which happens to be on the other side of the world as California edges toward its clean energy targets.
Redflow CEO Tim Harris said the new deal “showcases our ability to use our chemistry at that size and scale”. Olive + Maeve
Earlier this year it received approval for an $18 million grant from the CEC to install 2000 batteries, some 20MWh, for a $50 million project to provide eight hours of storage for the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians in California.
By all accounts, it’s an important step for California’s clean energy transition to support long direction energy storage required by 2045 to support grid reliability and the state’s clean energy transition targets.
Just how much growth the deal funded by the California Energy Commission represents is hard to determine just yet, but Harris knows it’s all good news. It gives Redflow major
inroads into the US market as it sets out to produce one of the largest zinc battery projects in the world.
Harris says the deal firmly establishes Redflow’s presence in California, which he describes as a progressive company when it comes to energy transition. The solar and storage microgrid will power remote communities and proves the power of companies like Redflow.
“The ability for Australia to be a renewable energy superpower is strong. We’ve seen the
profile of batteries accelerate over the last two years. You’re actually going to see a
spectrum of energy storage technologies out there in the market each
