What is a UniEnergy battery?

The new Unienergy battery that completes our line of products for Stop&Start motors with braking energy recovery. The AGM (Absorptive Glass Mat) battery's electrolyte is completely absorbed by the separator, so that the acid is retained even if the unit is overturned for a long period of time.

Which battery companies are launching a new battery technology?

The first is Imergy, the Fremont, Calif.-based startup formerly known as Deeya, which switched from iron-chrome to vanadium flow battery technology last year. The second is WattJoule, a Massachusetts-based startup. The third is UniEnergy, which was founded in 2012 and has raised more than $20 million from private investors, he said.

Is UniEnergy bringing a 'third-generation' redox flow battery to commercial scale?

The third is UniEnergy, which was founded in 2012 and has raised more than $20 million from private investors, he said. But while those first two companies are now working on prototypes of the new technology, UniEnergy is already bringing this “third-generation” vanadium redox flow battery technology to commercial scale, he said.

Who are UniEnergy's investors?

One of UniEnergy’s investors, China's Bolong Industrial Investment Co., is also an investor in Rongke Power, a Chinese company that’s been making vanadium flow batteries for the past eight years, using an older type of electrolyte, he said.

How much does UniEnergy cost?

As for the cost of UniEnergy’s system, the startup isn’t disclosing any hard figures right now, but Weed said that a typical installation today will cost “somewhere between, let’s say, $700 and $800 per kilowatt-hour,” a figure that includes all the components needed to interconnect with the grid.

Will UniEnergy bring a 500 kilowatt system to California?

UniEnergy plans to bring a 500-kilowatt system it's been testing at its headquarters to California, where it will be connected to an industrial site for further testing, Weed said.