The project, backed by China Huaneng Group, features a 200 MW/1 GWh VRFB system paired with a 1 GW solar farm. With a total investment of CNY 3. 8 billion ($520 million), the project spans 1,870 hectares in the county of Jimusar, Xinjiang. A giant solar-plus-vanadium flow battery project in Xinjiang has completed construction, marking a milestone in China's pursuit of long-duration, utility-scale energy storage. Located in China's Xinjiang autonomous region, the so-called Jimusaer Vanadium Flow Battery Energy Storage Project has officially entered. China has established itself as a global leader in energy storage technology by completing the world's largest vanadium redox flow battery project. The 175 MW/700 MWh Xinhua Ushi Energy Storage Project, built by Dalian-based Rongke Power, is now operational in Xinjiang, northwest China. China has completed the main construction works on the world's largest vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage. The GWh-scale long-duration energy storage project is expected to reduce curtailment in Xinjiang, a region of China with high solar and wind generation, and transmission bottlenecks. The flow battery installation is co-located with a PV plant. Everything looked fine at first, but buried deep inside, they found something that wasn't listed in the manuals: A small communication module capable of sending and receiving signals. The presence of this hidden Chinese.