About CHARG Energy

Engineering-led. Built around real energy systems.

CHARG Energy develops and sells advanced flow battery, microgrid and electrochemical energy systems for high-reliability applications. Its work spans laboratory validation, full-system architecture design and field deployment — ensuring technologies are technically robust before commercial scale-up.

Founded in Australia by Chris Winter, CHARG brings together experienced engineers, internationally recognised researchers and industry specialists focused on practical energy storage. Its global partnerships and technical advisors connect specialist electrochemical knowledge with Australian engineering and deployment capability. CHARG and its partners also draw on experience with battery systems deployed in real-world applications.

Meet our team

200+ years of combined experience.

CHARG's team includes experienced engineers and practitioners across flow battery systems, electrochemistry, system architecture, manufacturing, power systems, controls and large-scale energy infrastructure.

CHARG Team

Chris Winter

CEO & Founder

30+ years in battery commercialisation, including founding Redflow and RedEarth and leading Australian assembly, electrolyte filling and quality-control operations.

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Harry Winter

Assembly & Field Services

Civil engineer with 30 years of global construction-management and field-services experience across remote and complex projects.

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Damien Prins

Electrical Engineer

Electrical engineer across storage design, commissioning, software development and system integration for commercial and industrial projects.

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Todor Kostov

Electrical Engineer

Electrical and aerospace engineer focused on battery-energy-storage design, inverter integration, supplier coordination and product development.

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Janaya Saunders

Administrative Officer

Operations, financial-management and organisational coordination supporting project administration, logistics and commercial delivery.

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Dakota Miller

Dakota Miller

Mechatronics Engineer

Mechatronics engineer with a Master of Engineering with First Class Honours from the University of Queensland, specialising in robotics, automation and integrated engineering systems.

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Jaeho Lee

Jaeho Lee

Energy Storage Researcher

Researcher at the University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), specialising in zinc-bromine flow batteries, failure analysis and strategies to improve battery performance and reliability.

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Advisors

Dr Gary Yang

Technical Advisor

Globally recognised electrochemical-energy-storage expert and inventor of mixed-acid vanadium flow-battery chemistry.

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Dr Alex Winter

Core Technologies to Design for Manufacture

Flow-battery and advanced-manufacturing specialist with 35+ years' experience across mechanics, electrochemistry, materials, power electronics and software.

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Dave Ridley

Senior Power Systems Engineer

Power-systems engineer specialising in controls, commissioning, utility-scale integration and grid-connected and off-grid systems.

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Rick Winter

Advisor

Grid-energy-storage pioneer with 30+ years' experience spanning product development, utility storage and commercial flow batteries.

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Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos

Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos

Battery Technology & Electrochemistry Advisor

Internationally recognised electrochemical engineer whose pioneering research led to the development of the vanadium redox flow battery. Her expertise spans battery chemistry, electrode materials, membranes and energy storage systems, with extensive experience translating laboratory research into commercial prototypes and real-world applications.

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Dr Joyce (Xiaoxiao) Jia

Electrochemistry Advisor

Electrochemistry specialist focused on battery materials, vanadium redox flow batteries, testing and performance optimisation.

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