UniEnergy Technologies
Type | LLC |
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Industry | Renewable Energy |
Founded | 2012, 10 years ago |
Headquarters | Mukilteo, Washington |
Key people | Gary Yang (Founder, CTO) Rick Winter (President, CEO) |
Products | ReFlex Flow Battery |
Number of employees | 52 |
Website | http://www.uetechnologies.com/ |
UniEnergy Technologies (UET) is a U.S. vanadium redox flow battery manufacturer in Mukilteo, Washington, which manufactures megawatt-scale energy storage systems for utility, commercial and industrial customers. The company was founded in 2012 by Dr. Gary Yang and Dr. Liyu Li to commercialize a new Vanadium electrolyte formulation the pair had developed while working at PNNL. The new formulation, a mixed-acid solution, was patented by PNNL and the patent was licensed to UET for commercialization.[1] The mixed-acid vanadium electrolyte allows for a wider temperature range for operations, and double the energy density of the traditional vanadium electrolyte.[2]
The company has designed a megawatt-scale flow battery using this new electrolyte for the purpose of allowing rapid deployment, manufacturing repeatability and lower costs.[3] The company also employs an R&D team which works to make advances on the electrolyte chemistry and stack design.[2]
UET has a subsidiary in Germany, Vanadis Power which provides sales and services for Europe. The company has partnerships with Bolong New Materials, a vanadium electrolyte manufacturer, Rongke Power, the vanadium flow battery stack manufacturer.[4] In December 2015 the company completed their B round funding series which included a major investment from Orix Corp.[5] In October 2021, UniEnergy filed for involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing no assets or debts.[6]
Products[]
UniEnergy sells a 10kW, 34kWh fully integrated flow battery called the ReFlex. This product is sized to be a building block for commercial and utility scale deployments from kilowatts to multi-megawatt installations.[7]
References[]
- ^ UniEnergy Technologies Management Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 21 Jan 2016.
- ^ a b Miller, Kelsey. UniEnergy Technologies Goes from Molecules to Megawatts Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, Clean Tech Alliance, 7 July 2014. Accessed 21 Jan 2016.
- ^ Wesoff, Eric, St. John, Jeff. Largest Capacity Flow Battery in North America and EU is Online, Greentech Media, June 2015. Accessed 21 Jan 2016.
- ^ UniEnergy Technologies Background. Accessed 21 Jan 2016.
- ^ Lerman, Rachel. Industrial battery maker UniEnergy pulls in $25M from investors, Seattle Times, 28 Dec 2015. Accessed 21 Jan 2016
- ^ "The week in bankruptcies: UniEnergy Technologies LLC". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
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External links[]
- Battery manufacturers
- Grid energy storage
- Companies based in Mukilteo, Washington
- Manufacturing companies based in Washington (state)