An electric vehicle battery has been successfully charged using a vanadium redox flow battery, Safe to Work reports.

The battery was developed by Australian Vanadium subsidiary VSUN Energy.

The successful test means it is possible to have standalone electric vehicle charging stations.

Software provider Gemtek also participated in the test.

The company has been focused on developing renewable energy charging solutions for a variety of sectors including mining, Gemtek commercial manager Florian Popp said.

According to VSUN, vanadium redox flow batteries use vanadium ions in different states of oxidation to store potential energy. For a VRFB, vanadium pentoxide is processed into an electrolyte solution, which is then stored in two tanks and pumped through electrochemical cells.

Australian Vanadium is developing its eponymous project in Western Australia. The mining and processing project will enter into development in 2022, while a vanadium electrolyte manufacturing plant will also be built next year in Western Australia.

The plant will enter full production in mid-2022, with annual production of vanadium electrolytes estimated to be 33 MWh.