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Contactt:
Stuart S
Smith
RedFlow
w
Brisbane
e Australia
+61 7 33
376 0008
stuart.sm
mith@redflow
w.com
Hanna
ah Wattersonn
Watte
erson Marketting & Comm
munications
Principal
+61 419 531 332
hanna
ah.wattersonn@watterson.com.au
Emerson
n Network Power
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and
d RedFlow announce
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Brisban
ne, QLD (July 3, 2013
3) – Emerso
on Network Power, a business of E
Emerson
(NYSE::EMR) and a global lea
ader in maxximising relia
ability, deployment speeed and
operatio
onal efficien
ncy for telec
communicattions netwo
orks, and Au
ustralian en gineering and
a
manufa
acturing com
mpany RedF
Flow (ASX: RFX) have
e formed a partnership
p
to take Red
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unique flow batteryy storage te
echnology in
nto new markets.
are already underway fo
or a trial witth a telecom
mmunication
ns companyy located in the
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Asia-Pa
acific region
n and the tw
wo companie
es are in dis
scussion wiith a Europeean-based
telecom
mmunication
ns company
y.
ent Emerso
on Network Power will integrate its
s solar enerrgy solutions with
Under tthe agreeme
RedFlow
w’s Zinc Brromide Module (ZBM) fflow batterie
es to provide power to remote site
es that
lack con
ntinuous po
ower.
attery techno
ology is ide
eally suited tto the telco market as it uses the ssame DC voltage “Our ba
allowing
g 100 per ce
ent discharg
ge - and op
perates in te
emperatures
s up to 50 ddegrees Celsius,”
said Stu
uart Smith, chief execu
utive officer,, RedFlow. “Compare this
t
to the leead acid ba
atteries
tradition
nally used in
n the telco sector
s
that ccan only dis
scharge to 80
8 per centt and need air
a
conditio
oning in ambient tempe
eratures ove
er 25 degre
ees to ensurre ongoing pperformanc
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Emerson Ne
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a its
It was E
expertisse in energyy and its glo
obal footprin
nt that attracted RedFlo
ow.
“Our agreement with Emerson offers us the opportunity to expand our business into the
telecommunications sector as well as other off-grid and micro-grid markets,” said
Smith. “The collaboration with Emerson is an important step in the validation of RedFlow’s
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technology, and the ongoing development of our prototype ZBM batteries towards a
commercially ready stage.”
RedFlow, a Queensland-based company, is the only provider in the world of modular zinc
bromide flow batteries which lower the cost and complexity of potential implementations and
enable customers to easily add more units as needed.
“RedFlow’s technology also offers customers a range of environmental benefits,” said Ross
Campbell, vice president for Emerson Network Power’s Energy Systems business in Asia.
“Because they can be fully discharged fewer batteries are needed to power a site and there
is less need to call on back-up generators. Also, because the RedFlow batteries function in
ambient temperatures of up to 50 degrees they are less likely to need an air-conditioned
environment.
In addition, whereas industry standards recommend that lead acid batteries are replaced
every five years with the consequential environmental impacts, the RedFlow ZBM batteries
have largely plastic components which are expected to be less of an issue with hazardous
waste,” said Campbell.
RedFlow also supplied 12 ZBM batteries this year to a major USA conglomerate with some
activities in the US defense industry following a trial in the second half of 2012.
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About RedFlow
RedFlow’s ZBM’s specific characteristics of daily deep charge and discharge capability
mean they are ideal for storage and shifting of intermittent renewable energy, managing
peak load on the grid as well as for supporting off-grid (‘island’) power systems. RedFlow
currently has over 100 ZBMs deployed in the field in a number of different electricity storage
applications in Australia, USA and other countries. www.redflow.com
About Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), maximizes reliability,
deployment speed and operational efficiency for communications networks. A trusted
industry leader in smart infrastructure technologies, Emerson Network Power provides
innovative, rapidly deployable solutions that deliver efficiency and uncompromised reliability
regardless of network demands. Our solutions are supported globally by local Emerson
Network Power service technicians. Learn more about Emerson Network Power products
and services at www.EmersonNetworkPower.com.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing
technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in
industrial, commercial, and consumer markets around the world. The company is comprised
of five business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power,
Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions. Sales in fiscal 2012 were
$24.4 billion. For more information, visit
www.Emerson.com