ZBB Introduces Breakthrough Battery Targeting the Commercial and Industrial Building Market

MILWAUKEE, WI--(Marketwired - Mar 12, 2015) - ZBB Energy Corporation (NYSE MKT: ZBB), a leading developer of innovative energy management systems solutions serving the utility, commercial and industrial building markets, announced today the introduction of a breakthrough ZnBr flow battery specifically designed for behind the meter energy storage applications in the commercial and industrial building market. The Agile Flow Battery has been engineered based upon ZBB's industry leading flow battery design expertise, it's breadth of real world application data derived from dozens of installations, and stringent lab testing at ZBB and Meineng Energy, ZBB's China joint venture company. The Agile Flow Battery enables a large amount of energy to be deployed from a relatively small "footprint" within a building, for applications requiring up to 8 hours of discharged energy.

The distributed energy generation market for commercial and industrial ("C&I") buildings is in the early stages of what is predicted to be phenomenal growth. While implementation of solar PV is now common in many regions, the implementation of energy storage into the distributed generation system is in its nascent stage and can enable the owner of the building to perform many more applications that can both reduce electricity expense and generate cash for the stakeholders. Much of the energy storage deployed to date in the C&I building market is limited to short duration power applications, such as PV ramp support, or UPS for data back-up. The Agile Flow Battery opens new pathways to realizing reduced operating costs and actually generating cash for the owner, all while delivering safe, low cost energy in large amounts that can be discharged for hours. The building owner can now utilize the Agile Flow Battery to consume hours' worth of energy stored during low rate time periods for use during high rate time periods, perform peak shaving, store underutilized PV energy for later use, participate in demand response programs with "smart export" of electricity to the utility, and access critical back-up power for elevators or other emergency load requirements in the event of a grid outage.