Australian Vanadium (ASX: AVL) and wholly owned subsidiary VSUN Energy have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alcoa of Australia to jointly assess a vanadium flow battery (VFB) system for Alcoa’s alumina refinery operations in Western Australia. The collaboration will examine the role of long-duration energy storage in supporting industrial electrification and integrating renewable energy within energy-intensive industrial operations. The study will test the financial and technical merits of using long-duration energy storage to improve operational flexibility, manage energy costs, and support greater renewable energy use during peak demand periods. The collaboration fits Australian Vanadium’s strategy of participating across the vanadium value chain through vanadium production, electrolyte manufacturing, and VFB deployment via VSUN Energy. “Working with a globally recognised industrial operator such as Alcoa provides an opportunity to evaluate how long-duration energy storage can support operational flexibility, energy cost management and decarbonisation objectives.”