ZBB能源与韩国Honam石化建立伙伴关系。通过此次合作，Honam石化将与ZBB共同努力，以改善50千瓦时至500千瓦时模块的V3型锌溴电池的制造过程。作为协议的一部分，ZBB存储系统原型将被运到韩国的研发实验室，ZBB的V3型电池也将应用在进入韩国智能电网示范项目中。该协议的主要条款包括，Honam石化将支付ZBB四个季度300万美元以获得在日本，泰国，中国台湾，马来西亚，越南和新加坡等地的V3电池的非独家销售权。Honam石化还将获得在韩国独家生产与销售V3电池的权利。如果在韩国外的其他国家和地区销售的韩国共同开发的电池产品，Honam石化还需向ZBB支付授权费用。
ZBB Energy Corporation (NYSE Amex: ZBB), the leading developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, announced today a joint development agreement with Honam Petrochemical, a division of the Lotte Group, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Honam Petrochemical Company, a billion dollar diversified producer of petrochemicals and advanced synthetic resins, has identified energy storage as a strategic priority business. Honam's due diligence in its search for a leader in the field of energy storage led them to ZBB Energy and their zinc-bromide flow battery technology, recognized as the leading commercially available flow battery.
Honam determined ZBB the ideal partner with which to align, as Honam ultimately desires to manufacture and sell ZBB's V3 Flow Battery within Korea. ZBB valued Honam's advanced materials capabilities, and recognized that leveraging its expertise in targeting ever higher performance and lower costs in the final development stages of ZBB's V3 technology would offer even greater cost and performance achievements to the V3 technology, which has been in development since January 2010 and is due to be released to manufacturing in September of this year.
Specifically, Honam and ZBB will work together to refine the materials and manufacturing process for the V3 battery in module sizes of 50kWh up to 500kWh. With Honam's position in the plastics supply chain and its strong research capability, it is expected that the two companies will quickly reach global scale production. The leading initiative for the joint development agreement calls for prototype systems to be shipped and tested at development labs in South Korea, with a Beta site then to be selected to demonstrate the V3 battery as a critical component of the Korean Smart Grid Project.
"Honam Petrochemical has identified energy storage as a priority business, so we looked to ZBB Energy to form a strategic partnership with as they are the leader in Zinc-Bromide flow battery technology. Together, we will be able to further the technical development of flow battery technology and offer the best energy storage solution for smart grid applications," said an official from Honam.
"Our collaboration with Honam will enable the global scale production and market penetration of the Zinc-Bromide flow battery by giving us access to critical supply chains, strong R&D, and a powerful channel partner," said Eric Apfelbach, CEO of ZBB Energy. "We look forward to deepening the relationship over the coming years as we grow the flow battery business in Asia.