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June 4, 2008 – Vol.13 No.11 ZBB Energy Corp. Ships Home Energy Storage System to Future House USA (FHUSA) Project. The company’s ZESS 50 (tm), 50 kilowatt hour, fuel cell zinc energy storage system has been chosen to provide the key energy storage element in the Zero Net Energy (ZNE), FHUSA home that will be on public display at the Beijing Olympic Games starting in August 2008 and continuing through the following six years. This will be the first installation of the ZESS 50 in a residential application and will allow the house to operate completely independently of the electrical grid. With a footprint of approximately 4 x 4 x 8 ft and can be installed in the basement utility section of the house. The unit does not pose any environmental hazards, nor does it have any special installation requirements, according to the company. The unit can store enough energy to power the FHUSA house for three or four days.
ZBB joins other FHUSA suppliers which include, Climate Master Heat Pumps, Atlantis Energy PV Systems, Dawn Solar Thermal, Delta EMS Systems, Lucid Design Group, Decra Roofing Systems, Sloan Valve, and Outback Inverters. ZBB Energy Corporation, of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, provides clean energy storage solutions based on proprietary zinc rechargeable energy storage technology. The company’s zinc/bromine battery (ZBB) is based on the reaction between two commonly available chemicals, zinc and bromine. (5/30/08)
Links: ZBB Energy
Related: ZBB Energy Corporation Announces Commercial Product Platform: ZESS, the Zinc Energy Storage System.
Disclaimer, Forward-Looking or Safe Harbor Statement on original press release: Yes
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