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What are flow batteries and how can they improve resiliency, continuity and safety in urban installations?

March 24, 2016 Seth Mullendore Project Manager Clean Energy Group

Housekeeping

Who We Are

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www.cleanegroup.org www.resilient-power.org

Resilient Power Project

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• Increase public/private investment in clean, resilient power systems
• Engage city officials to develop resilient power policies/programs
• Protect low-income and vulnerable communities
• Focus on affordable housing and critical public facilities
• Advocate for state and federal supportive policies and programs
• Technical assistance for pre-development costs to help agencies/project

developers get deals done

• See www.resilient-power.org for reports, newsletters, webinar recordings

www.resilient-power.org

Today’s Speakers

• Mark Johnson, Smart Cities Chief, Schneider

Electric

• Mike Grunow, Vice President of Marketing,

ViZn Energy Systems

What are flow batteries & how do they help my resiliency, continuity & safety in urban installations?

1. Resiliency protection from power outages 2. Continuity of operations 3. Safety from internal short circuits

Mike.Grunow@ViZnEnergy.com & Mark.Johnson1@Schneider-Electric.com

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• Smart Grid Asset Management, Smart Generation,

Demand Side Management, Utility Services

• Renewables Integration & Micro Grid
• District Heating/Cooling Management
• Gas Distribution Management
• Shore Connection

Smart Energy

Requires performance & safety

Energy storage opportunities are next door:

Smart Mobility

• EV Charging Infrastructure &

Supervision Services

• Traffic Management
• Tunnel Management
• Tolling Management
• Railway Management
• Airport Solutions
• Plant & Network Energy Performance
• Water Distribution Optimization & Loss Mgt
• Stormwater management and Urban Flooding
• Irrigation Management

Smart Water Smart Public Services

• Public Safety: Video Surveillance
• Smart Street Lighting Management

Smart Buildings & Homes

• Multiple Disparate Buildings Management
• High Performance Buildings
• Flexible Buildings
• Efficient Homes
• City-wide Platforms
• Energy & Sustainability Resource Management
• Urban Efficiency Platform
• District Energy Management Information System
• Cross-domain Application
• Weather
• GIS
• Asset Management

Smart Integration Smart Data Center

• Efficient Data Centers
• Prefabricated Data Centers
• Infrastructure Enabled Management Services
• City Strategy Services
• Sustainability Services
• Smart Cities Advisory Services
• Energy Performance Contracting

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What is a Flow Battery?

Long proven history of safe, resilient & certified zinc/iron flow batteries:

• 8 Years of USDOE & NASA research followed by
• 8 Years of ViZn commercialization
• ISO 9001-2008 certified manufacturing facilities
• Idaho National Lab customer specializing in

vulnerability assessments & infrastructure resiliency for electric grid reliability, control systems, cybersecurity and physical security systems.

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ViZn

What’s Inside a ViZn Flow Battery?

Li-Ion

How is it made?

1. Safe electrolytes blended 2. Local tap water onsite 3. Alkaline solution

Zinc Oxide Yellow Prussiate

• f Soda

1. Anolyte: Zinc oxide 2. Catholyte: Yellow prussiate of soda 3. Alkaline solution: KOH and NaOH

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ViZn flow batteries: redundant system protection

1. Ships dry & de-energized 2. Inherently safe chemistry 3. Non-flammable electrolytes 4. Seamless tanks 5. Built-in containment diaphragm 6. Steel container 7. Leak detection sensors 8. Emergency off button 9. Gravity fed draining & deactivation 10. De-energizes in <15 seconds 11. 24/7 remote monitoring 12. Built-in fire suppression

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What if? Worst Case Scenario

If: Natural disaster, nearby explosion, or structural failure penetrates the exterior and spills all of the electrolyte. ViZn:

• Easily neutralized with common

materials

• Easy to dispose of via local guidelines.
• Potentially sewerable

Lithium Ion:

• Toxic smoke
• Heavy metal cleanup site
• Battery materials are an accelerant
• Electric shock hazard w/ charged cells
• Firefighter hazard, H2O reactivity

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Case Study: Solar + Storage Safe Resilient Microgrid

• Challenges: solar storage, critical infrastructure
• perability during disasters & outages while

preserving safety

• Solution: distributed generation for 120% of

critical power needs with solar. 20 Year life matches solar.

• Result: Resiliency power for disaster & outage

recovery with safety.

Available for Zero Down

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Simple steps

1. Engineering study to identify all existing & new energy sources 2. No-cost financial analysis

Need15-minute interval data in kW, kWh & tariffs for the past year

3. Team with utilities for all incentives 4. Options include:

1. Purchase 2. Lease 3. PPA 4. Shared-savings 5. Land-lease payment

Fast go/no-go with 6-9 month installation

Cash Flow “+” Year 1 Options

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Trust

Dependable Best-in-class Expertise Customized Approach Sustainable

• Proven approach in over 250 Microgrid projects over 20 years
• Full service provider with expertise in multiple segments
• Most admired company (reference rankings)
• Gartner Group top ADMS
• Global specialist in energy management
• # 1 leader in LV and MV solutions worldwide
• Leadership in standards and regulatory committees
• Broadest and deepest Microgrid expertise in the industry
• Customizable and scalable Microgrid solutions that grow with your needs
• Turnkey solution provider that is vendor agnostic
• Flexible contracting approach for Brownfield or Greenfield opportunities
• Built-to-last Microgrid solutions
• Enables you to monetize DER and leverage existing infrastructure
• Resilient, efficient and green

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Contacts:

Mike.Grunow@ViZnEnergy.com Mark.Johnson1@Schneider-Electric.com

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Thank you for attending our webinar

Seth Mullendore Project Manager Clean Energy Group seth@cleanegroup.org Find us online: www.resilient-power.org www.cleanegroup.org www.facebook.com/clean.energy.group @cleanenergygrp on Twitter @Resilient_Power on Twitter

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