#TSEP 211 Flow Battery Technology: The Future of Energy Storage

The EU faces many challenges with decarbonising the economy,
lowering energy prices and enhancing its industrial
competitiveness. Big investments in renewable energy sources and
energy storage facilities are required.


Leveraging flow batteries will be pivotal in helping to power
energy systems in a flexible, stable and reliable way. But what
exactly are flow batteries? And how can these batteries make a
significant contribution to the generation of renewable energies?
This is what we want to discuss today with John Alper, Principal
Technologist at VoltStorage (FBE Member) and Anthony Price,
Secretary General at Flow Batteries Europe (FBE).


About Dr. John Alper


Dr. John Alper is the Principal Technologist at VoltStorage. He
is an expert in electrochemical engineering with 15 years of
experience in energy storage R&D across multiple chemistries,
including vanadium, iron-titanium, and all iron flow batteries.
For the last five years, his focus has been on the development
and commercialization of the Iron Salt Battery for grid-scale
applications at VoltStorage GmbH. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical
Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.


About Anthony Price


Anthony Price is the Founder and Director of Swanbarton Limited
and Secretary General of Flow Batteries Europe. He has worked in
the flow battery sector for over thirty years, starting with
commercialising Innogy’s flow battery development. Swanbarton, a
consultancy company, supports clients across a range of storage
technologies: batteries, including flow, sodium sulphur, and
other storage systems, focusing on both large-scale systems and
behind-the-meter and microgrids. A former director of the Energy
Storage Association, he founded the UK’s trade association, the
Electricity Storage Network, to raise the profile of energy
storage. He also founded the International Flow Battery Forum. He
is a chartered engineer, has an MA from the University of
Cambridge and was appointed OBE in 2021 in recognition of his
services to the energy storage industry.