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Simon Hackett

Life, the universe and Redflow

September 13, 2018 by Simon Hackett Leave a Comment

The appointment of John Lindsay as a non-executive director to Redflow frees me up to transition my own head space into the technology around making our battery work in the real world.

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My home Redflow ZBM2 energy system installation

November 28, 2016 by Simon Hackett 6 Comments

Two Redflow ZBM2 zinc-bromide hybrid flow batteries

Redflow CEO Simon Hackett shares some insights into his own home energy storage installation, including 2 x 10kWh Redflow ZBM2 zinc-bromide hybrid flow batteries.

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Redflow’s Hackett: Why batteries will not cause mass defection from grid

February 15, 2016 by Simon Hackett 10 Comments

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While cutting the power cord sounds good in theory, in practice consumers gain many more advantages from staying connected to the grid.

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