Australian Vanadium Pitches 500 MWh Flow Battery for Kalgoorlie

The Stage Two bid follows an earlier Expression of Interest round. Australian Vanadium has done technical and commercial work with consortium partners, advisers and prospective funders. The delivery model blends the group's WA vanadium capability with global battery technology, engineering, construction and asset management, plus a regional industrial supply chain.

Submission does not guarantee preferred status. Further negotiations and definitive agreements must follow before the project proceeds.

VSUN Energy, founded in 2016, develops the Australian market for vanadium flow battery systems. It sits inside the group's vertical integration strategy spanning high-purity vanadium processing, electrolyte manufacturing and renewable energy project development. The Gabanintha vanadium project holds 395.4 million tonnes at 0.77% vanadium pentoxide, including a high-grade zone of 173.2 million tonnes at 1.09% vanadium pentoxide.

The proposal pairs that upstream resource with a utility-scale storage asset, creating a local demand pathway for vanadium electrolyte while extending the group's exposure across the vanadium value chain. The WA government will evaluate the bid alongside other Stage Two participants under the EOI guidelines before picking a preferred proponent.