Good read about Vanadium ....

Good read about Vanadium .
https://www.livewiremarkets.com/wires/top-5-commodities-the-impending-energy-revolution

Vanadium

“We think there’s a revolution coming in vanadium redox flow batteries,” says Friedland.
He goes on to say “The beauty of the vanadium redox battery is that you can charge and discharge it at the same time, something that can’t be done with a lithium battery. With a vanadium redox flow battery, you can put solar power and wind power into the battery, and you can put excess grid power into the battery at night, and at the same time you can have a stable output into the grid.”
A Vanadium redox battery, is a flow battery with electricity storage technology to support a more efficient, reliable, and cleaner electrical energy market. The Chinese Government, recently issued a policy document, “Guidance on the Promotion of Energy Storage Technology and Industry Development”, which called for more investment in energy storage, including flow batteries - $320b by 2020.
Friedland says “China has the largest and highest-grade vanadium resources in the world and is poised to use this miracle metal to fundamentally transform its electricity grid. With massive amounts of renewable energy and storage coming online, China will create the most modern, clean and efficient grid in the world.”
This really does appear to be a key game changer to the renewables space in China.
“Earlier this year, Chairman Xi and I discussed the opportunity to utilize Hubei’s abundant vanadium resources and Pu Neng’s next generation technology to set a new benchmark for the global energy storage industry. This is just the first step of what will be many projects working together,” said Robert in a Pu Neng press release.
Interestingly, Pu Neng is a private clean technology, chaired by Robert Friedland with the CEO of Pu Neng, Eric Finlayson, the former head of Rio Tinto exploration in Australasia. Eric is also a Non-Exec Director of Clean Teq.