Redflow uses IT smarts to push case for Australian made battery storage

Australia was one of the world's hot spots for research and development in the solar photovoltaic industry, which is causing a revolution in the global energy sector, but it does not have much to show for it in the global manufacturing stakes.

A small Brisbane-based company, Redflow, is determined that that does not happen in the next disruptive energy technology, battery storage.

Redflow, based in the inner city suburb of Redlands, has had an up and down experience since its unique bromine flow batteries were developed by the Winter brothers, Ted and Sam, at the University of Queensland.

The company now has a bold plan, and equally bold leadership, since Australian IT guru and multi-millionaire Simon Hackett became the major shareholder earlier this year, and more recently chairman.