UniEnergy Technologies

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]

UniEnergy Technologies
TypeLLC
IndustryRenewable Energy
Founded2012, 9 years ago
HeadquartersMukilteo, Washington
Key people
Gary Yang (Founder, CTO) Rick Winter (President, CEO)
ProductsReFlex Flow Battery
Number of employees
52
Websitehttp://www.uetechnologies.com/
The 1 MW 4 MWh containerized vanadium flow battery owned by Avista Utilities and manufactured by UniEnergy Technologies.

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]

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.[6]

References
  1. UniEnergy Technologies Management Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 21 Jan 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. Wesoff, Eric, St. John, Jeff. Largest Capacity Flow Battery in North America and EU is Online, Greentech Media, June 2015. Accessed 21 Jan 2016.
  4. UniEnergy Technologies Background. Accessed 21 Jan 2016.
  5. Lerman, Rachel. Industrial battery maker UniEnergy pulls in $25M from investors, Seattle Times, 28 Dec 2015. Accessed 21 Jan 2016
  6. UniEnergy Technologies-Products. Accessed 21 Jan 2016.
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