# Ferro-Alloy Resources points to the scale of vanadium demand from grid storage

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/ferro-alloy-resources-points-to-the-scale-of-vanadium-demand-from-grid-storage/4121252442
- Published: 2026-05-26T11:14:00+01:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

Ferro-Alloy Resources has highlighted the scale of vanadium that could be required
as vanadium flow batteries move into much larger energy storage projects.

The latest example is Invinity Energy Systems being selected to design a gigawatt-
hour scale vanadium flow battery for FlexBase Group’s Technology Centre Laufenburg
in Switzerland. The planned battery is expected to have capacity of up to 1.5 GWh,
with the potential to expand to 2.1 GWh in later phases. If completed at that scale,
it would become the largest vanadium flow battery in the world.

Ferro-Alloy Resources estimates that a battery of this scale would require around
17,000 tonnes of V2O5. That is a material quantity for a single storage project 
and shows why secure vanadium supply could become increasingly important as larger
batteries are developed.

The project is intended to support a technology campus and AI data centre, while
also helping with renewable energy integration and grid stability. These are areas
where long-duration storage is likely to remain relevant, especially as electricity
demand rises and grids need more flexibility.

Large vanadium flow battery projects create a clearer demand case for vanadium, 
and that demand case is central to how investors assess companies with exposure 
to future vanadium supply.

_**Ferro-Alloy Resources Ltd **([LON:FAR](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/ferro-alloy-resources/far.l))
is developing the giant Balasausqandiq vanadium deposit in Kyzylordinskaya oblast
of southern Kazakhstan. The ore at this deposit is unlike that of nearly all other
primary vanadium deposits and is capable of being treated by a much lower cost process._

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