Highview Power to Develop Multiple Cryogenic Energy Storage Facilities in the UK
Global leader in long-duration energy storage solutions Highview Power announced plans to construct the UK’s first commercial cryogenic energy storage facility, also referred to as liquid air, at large scale, which will be located at a decommissioned thermal power station in North of England. The 50 MW/250 MWh project is a clean large-scale energy storage facility that can help the UK achieve its goal of decarbonising industry, power, heat, and transport.
Highview Power’s CRYOBattery™ uses only benign materials with zero emissions and has zero water impact. The new facility in the North of England is the first large scale commercial system utilizing this technology, pioneered at Highview Power’s pilot plant in Slough, and evolved at the demonstration plant in Pilsworth, Greater Manchester, which has been successfully operating since early 2018. Highview Power’s CRYOBattery™ is the only freely locatable energy storage solution on the market today that delivers clean, reliable, and cost-efficient long-duration energy storage with grid synchronous inertia. It can store energy for weeks, instead of hours or days, and at approximately £110/MWh for a for a 10-hour, 200 MW / 2 GWh system, the CRYOBattery™ offers the lowest levelized cost of storage for large-scale applications.
Source : Strategic Research Institute