Out Of Thin Air: Solving The Dilemma Of Long-Duration Storage
The title of this post, is the same as that of this excellent article on the Australian Financial Review.
This is the sub-heading.
Two first-of-a-kind technologies in Australia are firming up as options to crack the tough nut of energy storage that lasts much longer than batteries.
This is the first paragraph.
Two competing technologies that use different forms of air to store energy are emerging as potential solutions for the thorny problem of long-duration storage needed to smooth out Australia’s bumpy transition to low-carbon energy.
The article then compares the two competing technologies.
- Hydrostor of Canada are developing the 200 MW/1600 MWh Silver City Energy Storage Centre at Broken Hill in New South Wales.
- Highview Power of the UK are proposing a 12-hour energy store for the Northern Territory.
Australia certainly has plenty of solar power to fill the energy storage.
The Anonymous Widower 
I really can’t understand why there has been so little focus of medium range solutions like these.
Comment by fammorris | September 2, 2024 |
I have been following Highview Power for years and feel they have been a long time coming.
But then Centrica, Goldman Sachs and Rio Tinto seem to have got together to get the first few systems built.
I suspect all the investors will do well for the money they have invested.
Over the last couple of months, Highview Power also seem to be putting together a competent group of partners.
Comment by AnonW | September 2, 2024 |