An efficient storage technology for mass storage of electrical energy provides the basis for a complete change in the thinking about power generation and use and, at the same time, greatly enhances the commercial viability of renewable sources like wind and solar.

And while all eyes are rightly focused on the VRB-ESS as the company’s initial stage, there’s still more to VRB. They’ve also aquired the rights to the Regenesys redox battery technology from RWE, the largest utility company in Germany. This RGN-ESS flow battery uses a different chemistry based on bromine and polymeric sulfur.

As Jon Hykawy, an analyst at Research Capital Corp wrote:

“VRB-ESS takes the solution into the scale of small power generators and individual users, while RGN-ESS has the potential to turn the power industry upside down. The result would be a world in which hydroelectricity and other Kyoto-friendly technologies…can be allowed to dominate the power generation landscape. If…the impact of greenhouse gases on our weather is correct, such a change may prove to be far more valuable than the simple economics of selling VRB-ESS or RGN-ESS systems…”