Applications
Built for the jobs where cost, cycle life and safety decide the purchase
Aqueous zinc-ion cells are heavier per kilowatt-hour than lithium-ion. That matters enormously in a phone and not at all in a box bolted to a wall. These are the applications where the trade lands in our favour.
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Residential solar storage
Beachhead market
Behind-the-meter home batteries paired with rooftop solar. Australia's Cheaper Home Batteries Program has driven roughly half a million installations in a year, with 77% of uptake in regional and outer-suburban areas - larger homes, more roof space, higher consumption, and no shortage of room for a battery.
Cost, cycle life and safety are what decide the purchase. Weight and volume are not.
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Community and commercial-scale storage
Mid-scale shared and commercial systems, sited at the edge of the network or behind a single large meter.
The payback calculation is dominated by upfront cost per kilowatt-hour - the variable this chemistry moves most.
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Grid-scale stationary storage
Large installations feeding load balancing, demand response and renewable integration.
Non-flammable chemistry removes fire separation, suppression and insurance overheads entirely.
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Remote, off-grid and microgrid power
Remote communities and off-grid sites, including microgrids powered by renewable sources - an application Dr Kundu names specifically.
A battery that tolerates ambient conditions without active cooling, and cannot start a fire, is worth more than one that stores more per kilogram.
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Industrial and telecommunications backup
Data centre and industrial backup power, mining, construction and telecommunications sites.
The high discharge rate suits short-duration backup duty.
Running trials, or specifying storage?
We are talking to energy retailers, EPCs, installers and network operators about pilots and deployment.