Juhl Wind intends to install the system, developed by Zinc Air, at its recently acquired Woodstock Hills wind farm located near its headquarters in Woodstock.
The first phase of the project will provide for the development and installation of the grid storage system based on securing a revenue arrangement from a utility buyer or within the MISO marketplace.
Zinc Air battery chemistry reduces fundamental costs through the use of locally abundant and non-hazardous materials that results in a simpler system, Juhl Wind said.
Juhl Wind also said using a flow battery technology, Zinc Air Redox energy storage systems are well-suited for grid storage applications, including energy peak shifting and renewables integration.
Zinc Air COO Peter Walters said Zinc Air Redox products are designed to have the highest round-trip energy efficiency, multiple revenue applications, and lower cost of operation, as to achieve best payback periods, while still being the greenest battery technology in the market.
Zinc Air is the developer of a Zinc Redox flow battery designed to achieve rapid payback periods.
