Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Southwest China’s Largest Vanadium Flow Battery Energy Storage Project
Date: 31 Mar 2025 |
Source: VRFB-Battery WeChat, 28 March 2025
On 25 March, a major renewable energy initiative officially broke ground in the Shizhong District of Leshan City. The 100-megawatt-scale vanadium flow battery energy storage station marks a significant milestone as the largest independent vanadium flow battery storage project in Southwest China. With a total investment of 1.4 billion yuan, this landmark project underscores the region's growing leadership in energy innovation and sustainability.
Occupying 44.5 mu (approximately 3 hectares), the project features an integrated layout consisting of a storage equipment zone, a booster station, and a comprehensive service building. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology with a cycle life of up to 15,000 cycles, the facility is designed to alleviate the rapidly growing power demand in the Leshan power grid, reduce pressure on the 220kV main transformer, and enhance overall grid reliability.
“This project is a provincial-level demonstration key project for 2024,” said Chen Jijun, Chairman of V-Liquid Energy Co., Ltd., the company behind the development. “Once operational by the end of this year, it will significantly reduce grid load, attract leading vanadium flow battery enterprises to cluster in Shizhong District, and promote the formation of a continuous industrial belt for the vanadium flow battery sector in Sichuan. Our goal is to build a nationally recognized hub for vanadium flow battery storage.”
This project marks a bold step forward for Leshan and the province of Sichuan in building a cleaner, more resilient energy future.