Australian Vanadium Limited (AVL) has executed a funding agreement with the Western Australian government for up to A$15 million (US$10.38 million) to design, construct and commission a high-capacity vanadium electrolyte manufacturing facility based on its V-Nomad platform.
Fifty-fifty cost share, capped at A$15 million
The WA government will contribute up to 50% of the project cost, capped at A$15 million, with AVL funding the balance. The support was awarded through the state government's Investment Attraction Fund (IAF).
What the V-Nomad facility will do
V-Nomad is a relocatable solution that allows vanadium electrolyte to be manufactured at or near project sites for gigawatt-hour-scale vanadium flow battery (VRFB) installations. AVL says the approach is intended to cut logistics, storage and commissioning costs and to support multiple vanadium feedstocks.
The grant covers the next stage of the platform's development, from design through to commissioning of a high-capacity electrolyte plant.
Backed by the Gabanintha resource
AVL's namesake Gabanintha vanadium project in Western Australia's mid-west hosts a mineral resource estimate of 395.4 million tonnes at 0.77% vanadium pentoxide (V2O5), which underpins the downstream electrolyte initiative.
CEO Graham Arvidson said the grant is an important milestone and supports the next stage of the V-Nomad platform and AVL's strategy to integrate Western Australian vanadium production, electrolyte manufacturing and utility-scale VFB deployment, including through downstream business VSUN Energy.
Policy framing: long-duration storage and critical minerals
WA Development Minister David Michael said the project supports grid-scale energy storage, strengthens critical minerals supply chains, creates advanced manufacturing opportunities and local jobs, and provides foundations for future grid-scale battery projects across the state.
The award positions Western Australia as one of the few jurisdictions seeking to host the full vanadium flow battery value chain — mining and beneficiation, vanadium processing, electrolyte manufacturing and project deployment — within a single region.
What to watch next
Key milestones will be the final investment decision on the electrolyte facility, confirmation of its nameplate capacity, and the first electrolyte volumes produced for qualification by VRFB stack manufacturers. The project also offers a template for other resource-rich regions weighing whether to localise electrolyte production rather than import finished electrolyte for utility-scale storage tenders.
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