Deeya Energy: Landing Funds for a Flow Battery: Battery Technology: Eco20/20

Deeya Energy: Landing Funds for a Flow Battery

The hopes of Deeya Energy is that eventually the redox flow battery will replace diesel generators and will be able to store both wind and solar energies. Right now the battery is being developed to serve as a battery backup for commercial uses such as big telecommunications towers as well as grid storage. Battery backup for cell phone towers can be vital in cases of major catastrophe when other energy sources are out of commission.

Using decades old technology, the company is hoping to bring the flow battery back into the modern era. A flow battery uses special electrolyte solutions and reactive chemicals that flow between to two tanks to create and deliver electricity. This technology was first developed by NASA in the seventies but its potential was never fully realized. One of the huge advantages of the flow battery is that it can charge quickly.

The company's energy storage platform creates about four full hours worth of electricity to cell phone towers and only needs three hours to recharge. The materials used in the flow battery are not toxic and can be recycled, and are far clearer to use than either diesel generators or lead acid batteries. The product is designed to last up to twenty years with the electrolyte solution used in them replaced about every five years.

Deeya Energy also has plans to make a one megawatt sized flow battery that will be used in power grid applications including storing energy from alternative sources such as solar and wind farms. Capturing these types of energy and then selling them to the power grids allows cleaner energy sources to be used in addition to limiting the use of other, more harmful and expensive materials.

Other companies are also working on battery types to store alternative energy sources like wind and solar power, however, there are no large scale operations in place as of yet and the commercial market is virtually untouched. There are countless applications for battery storage in both the private and public sector that will need to be explored in the near future. There are additional applications for battery storage capacity, including generating power for rural or outlying areas as well. Using a flow battery in places that may not be able to get alternative energy from other sources would benefit that area in countless ways.