L R AS Published on Saturday 17 February 2024 - n° 476 - Categories:other methods
Compressed air storage system
Korean scientists have developed a compressed air storage system. It can be used as a combined cooling, heat and power system, supplying heat and energy to solid oxide electrolysis cells for hydrogen generation. It has demonstrated an overall efficiency of
L R AS Published on Saturday 3 February 2024 - n° 474 - Categories:other methods
Energy Vault is a success for gravitational storage
The Energy Vault gravity storage system is to be installed in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This
L R AS Published on Saturday 27 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:other methods
The Chinese have developed a 70 kW vanadium flux battery.
The Chinese have developed a 70 kW vanadium flux battery. It is 40% cheaper because it has a smaller volume. Its volumetric power density is 130 kW/m3.
L R AS Published on Saturday 16 September 2023 - n° 457 - Categories:other methods
An underground storage system more competitive than lithium ion!
US company Sage Geosystems says its Earthstore underground storage system can provide 18 hours or more of storage capacity, not including short-term electricity. The solution would be competitive
L R AS Published on Monday 15 May 2023 - n° 445 - Categories:other methods
Testing molten salt to conserve energy
A full-scale test will be conducted in Denmark with a 1.6 MWh storage at 700°C. It uses the technology of energy storage in concentrated solar power at a temperature of 700°C.
AS Published on Monday 10 April 2023 - n° 440 - Categories:other methods
Compressed air storage capacity
Americans have created a model to assess the storage capacity of compressed air
AS Published on Monday 10 April 2023 - n° 440 - Categories:other methods, R&D
Redox flow battery based on naphthalene diimide instead of vanadium
Koreans have developed a redox flow battery based on naphthalene diimide instead of vanadium. This molecule has a storage capacity
L R AS Published on Sunday 5 February 2023 - n° 433 - Categories:other methods
Disadvantages of vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB)
Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) suffer from comparatively low energy densities as well as
AS Published on Sunday 29 January 2023 - n° 432 - Categories:other methods
A seawater flow battery
Salgens, a young American company, has developed a scalable seawater flow battery. It can be used in the renewable energy sector,
L R AS Published on Monday 19 December 2022 - n° 429 - Categories:other methods
The emergence of inertial storage ? orders for Green Gravity and Energy Vault
Green Gravity is expected to provide an extended period of energy storage in Australia for the electricity grid by moving
AS Published on Sunday 4 December 2022 - n° 427 - Categories:other methods
The thermal battery that stores renewable energy
California-based Rondo Energy, backed by Bill Gates, has launched the "brick toaster" thermal battery, which stores renewable energy and provides heat and electricity for the production of steel, cement and chemicals.
AS Published on Saturday 26 November 2022 - n° 426 - Categories:lithium batteries, other methods
First hybrid storage system (lithium ion - vanadium flux)
The Dutch AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group has powered up its first hybrid storage system in Germany using
AS Published on Sunday 6 November 2022 - n° 423 - Categories:other methods
Energy Vault wins order for gravity storage
The Swiss-American company Energy Vault wins an order for a 250 MW/500 MWh gravity storage facility in Australia.
L R AS Published on Monday 17 October 2022 - n° 420 - Categories:other methods
10 MW hybrid battery storage with 3 MW flywheel in the Netherlands
ABB and start-up company S4 Energy have just installed a 10 MW hybrid battery storage system with a 3 MW flywheel in the Netherlands. The storage system has a capacity of
L R AS Published on Saturday 17 September 2022 - n° 416 - Categories:other methods
Flywheels: light and shade
Indian researchers have studied the different ways of storing energy using flywheels. In their view, flywheel energy storage (FESS) is an optimal mechanical storage solution.