Recently, Hitachi energy began to cooperate with Nevada vanadium industry in the United States to provide 100% renewable energy for the first primary vanadium mine in the history of the United States.
Nevada vacuum Mining Corp is building a gibellini open pit vanadium mine in the battle mountain area in the western United States.
The company expects the facility to be operational in 2024.

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According to the PEA provided by Wood Group a consulting firm entrusted by Nevada vacuum, this means that it will take two and a half years for the US $147million capital expenditure required to start construction to recover the investment.
Vanadium is used as an additive in construction steel. A small amount of vanadium can make steel stronger, thus reducing the weight, volume and carbon footprint of steel used in the industry.
It also has industrial applications in national defense, aerospace and other fields. Of course, it is also used as an electrolyte in all vanadium flow energy storage batteries. Although the energy storage field is still marginal consumption for the time being, it is expected to increase significantly in the next few years.
A recent report predicts that global vanadium production may double by 2031 to meet the demand of energy storage.
At present, there are only three primary vanadium producers in the world, namely Largo sources mining vanadium in Brazil, bushveld minerals mining vanadium in South Africa and Glencore mining vanadium in South Africa. Both Largo and bushveld have started to set foot in the field of all vanadium flow batteries and established subsidiaries focusing on energy storage.
However, these producers account for only 15-25% of vanadium used in industry. The vast majority of vanadium comes from secondary producers in Brazil and China. Vanadium is extracted as a by-product of steel manufacturing.
Vanadium resources in other places are also being continuously developed, especially in Australia, where the invention of all vanadium flow battery is located.
Nevada vanadium mine will use 100% renewable energy
Nevada vanadium currently says that Hitachi energy has been selected to develop renewable energy for gibellini to make electricity self-sufficient and reliable around the clock.
Hitachi energy will negotiate with the mining company on the needs of the site. Nevada vanadium believes that the site can be powered by the microgrid running on {solar} and equipped with battery energy storage system (BESS) technology to ensure the continuity of operation.