Found this, which may interest ATI holders...Japanese Island to...

Found this, which may interest ATI holders...

Japanese Island to Install Vanadium Battery Energy Storage System
Thursday August 1, 2013, 4:00am PDT
By Andrew Topf - Exclusive to Vanadium Investing News

PhotovoltaicThe northern-most Japanese island of Hokkaido will host a large battery storage system to harness the power of the wind and sun, using vanadium redox flow battery technology.

Vanadium flow batteries, which employ vanadium pentoxide, are large liquid-filled tanks that are used to store energy for the power grid. The batteries provide cost-effective solutions for power companies and utilities facing a growing need to manage the supply of wind and solar electricity, as the batteries can be used to store green energy and release it when demand peaks.

Bloomberg reports that Sumitomo Electric Industries (TYO:5802), a Japanese maker of electric wire, cables and electric monitoring systems, will set up the battery system by March 2015 at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s (TYO:9509) Minami Hayakita substation in the town of Abira. The system will have 60 megawatt hours of storage capacity and will be installed for a three-year pilot project
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