| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 79, 2014
E2C 2013 – 3rd European Energy Conference
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| Article Number | 03002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | T3 – Energy Production, Distribution and Storage | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20137903002 | |
| Published online | 10 December 2014 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20137903002
The application of liquid air energy storage for large scale long duration solutions to grid balancing
Highview Power Storage, London, UK
Published online: 10 December 2014
Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) provides large scale, long duration energy storage at the point of demand in the 5 MW/20 MWh to 100 MW/1,000 MWh range. LAES combines mature components from the industrial gas and electricity industries assembled in a novel process and is one of the few storage technologies that can be delivered at large scale, with no geographical constraints. The system uses no exotic materials or scarce resources and all major components have a proven lifetime of 25+ years. The system can also integrate low grade waste heat to increase power output. Founded in 2005, Highview Power Storage, is a UK based developer of LAES. The company has taken the concept from academic analysis, through laboratory testing, and in 2011 commissioned the world's first fully integrated system at pilot plant scale (300 kW/2.5 MWh) hosted at SSE's (Scottish & Southern Energy) 80 MW Biomass Plant in Greater London which was partly funded by a Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) grant. Highview is now working with commercial customers to deploy multi MW commercial reference plants in the UK and abroad.
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