The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized Mukilteo, Wash.-based flow battery provider UniEnergy Technologies (UET) with a Green Chemistry Challenge Award. UET worked on an advanced vanadium redox flow battery together with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Producing only one-fifth the footprint of previous flow battery technologies and with water-based electrolytes that do not degrade, the batteries that are also non-flammable and recyclable took the award.
“These innovations encourage smart and safe practices, while cutting manufacturing costs and sparking investments. Ultimately, these manufacturing processes and products spur economic growth and are safer for health and the environment,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said.
UET also won the Microgrid Project laboratory testing award in the Alaska Center for Microgrid Technologies Commercialization industry competition with their flow batteries.
Renewable Energy World
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