The ZBB technology will be used by a multi-university team of researchers conducting renewable energy studies for the Wisconsin Energy Research Consortium.
The multi-university team will focus on discovering new energy storage methods and power converter topologies for wind turbines.
The team will utilize ZBB’s ZESS POWR PECC (power and energy control centre) and ZESS 50 technology to study ways to create the next generation of renewable energy sources and technology.
The ZESS POWR PECC is a hybrid power system that converts any combination of wind, solar, hydro or other generating sources to independently optimize the control of each generating source while providing a ‘steady-state’ power output to the electrical loads or directly to the grid.
The ZESS 50 technology is a Zinc-Bromide flow battery designed to serve as an advanced electrical energy storage device, and is constructed from environmentally-friendly materials that provide for a long service life and advanced performance when compared with traditional chemical batteries.
