NEXT GEN BATTERY STORAGE
NEXT GEN BATTERY STORAGE
The Skip Technology LDES hydrogen-bromine flow battery allows rural, commercial, industrial and utility customers to match energy production with demand. Our patented liquid membrane system solves key obstacles facing other battery companies while providing a safe, non-flammable system that is completely scalable to fit our customers needs.
The Skip Technology LDES hydrogen-bromine flow battery allows rural, commercial, industrial and utility customers to match energy production with demand. Our patented liquid membrane system solves key obstacles facing other battery companies while providing a safe, non-flammable system that is completely scalable to fit our customers needs.
Unlike current storage solutions our battery can operate for 10s of hours and our acceptable temperature range is between -10c and 60c (lithium-ion is a risk for thermal runaway at temperatures about 35c).
COMPETITIVE
The efficient nature of our chemistry paired with the simple design of our battery makes for a product that is immediately comparable with current energy storage solutions in price and that has the potential to become far less expensive as we scale.
Our battery system is far safer than current storage solutions. Unlike lithium-ion, our battery is non-flammable. Our HBr chemistry, though corrosive, is not a carcinogen.
SOURCED
Our HBr flow battery requires no mining or rare earth metals. All components and materials can be sourced in the United States.
Unlike current storage solutions our battery can operate for 10s of hours and our acceptable temperature range is between -10c and 60c (lithium-ion is a risk for thermal runaway at temperatures about 35c).
The efficient nature of our chemistry paired with the simple design of our battery makes for a product that is immediately comparable with current energy storage solutions in price and that has the potential to become far less expensive as we scale.
Our battery system is far safer than current storage solutions. Unlike lithium-ion, our battery is non-flammable. Our HBr chemistry, though corrosive, is not a carcinogen.
Our HBr flow battery requires no mining or rare earth metals. All components and materials can be sourced in the United States.
Our Skip Technology LDES battery maximizes the effectiveness of renewable energy allowing for widespread adoption of cheap, clean, safe and efficient energy. Our system pairs particularly well with solar energy. Every year solar deployment increases but we still have no solution to the problem of how to use that energy when the sun sets. Nighttime has always been a fundamental inconvenience for solar power. So too are our human patterns of living: peak electricity demand occurs in mornings and evenings, before the sun rises and after it sets.
The Skip Technology battery, once charged, can discharge at full power for 10s of hours. When broadly implemented our product will help to stabilize our energy grid and provide reliable resilient microgrids to rural communities.
PATTERNS OF DEMAND CAUSE PROBLEMS
When we graph our net energy demand (e.g. total demand minus variable renewable generation), the peaks and dips adopt the approximate shape (to the eyes of a power engineer) of a duck. The duck curve has become the classic visual representation of the timing mismatch between solar generation and demand. A cartoon version of the duck curve appears above.
CATCHING ENERGY LOST TO CURTAILMENT
In 2022 the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) curtailed 2.4 million megawatt hours (MWh) of utility-scale wind and solar output, a 63% increase from 2021 (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2023).
At wholesale costs that’s millions of dollars of economic loss. The storage and timed release of electricity through large-scale batteries like the Skip Tech system can help cure the curtailment problem and eliminate wasted clean energy.
Mobile/Temporary
Commercial and Industrial (C&I)
Microgrid
