The major draw back to vanadium batteries is the expense.
The electrolyte fluid needed to store the energy has to be imported from overseas, but that could be about to change.
AVL chemical engineer Marek Sierakowski is researching the possibility of manufacturing the fluid in Australia.
He is conducting the research out of a laboratory at the University of WA (UWA).
"Vanadium electrolyte makes up 30 per cent of the overall capital cost of the battery and a lot of that is due to transport," he said.
"So if we can produce that in Australia from local vanadium then we're really value adding."
If his research proved successful, the company would also supply the manufacturing plant with vanadium from its **anintha deposit south of Meekatharra.
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