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BaroMar Appoints Jacobs To Design First Large-Scale Project

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Energy Storage News.

These three paragraphs outline the project.

LDES technology BaroMar has enlisted consultancy Jacobs to develop the preliminary design for an underwater, large-scale pilot project with 4MWh of energy storage capacity using its technology off the coast of Cyprus.

The 4MWh project would store compressed air in large rigid tanks ballasted on the seabed, making it a form of compressed air energy storage (CAES), one of the more commercial mature LDES technologies.

BaroMar claims that the underwater nature of its solution gets around the main regulatory and geographical constraints of conventional CAES on land.

Note.

  1. BaroMar claim ‘Unmatchable low construction costs.’
  2. They also claim there is little underwater maintenance.
  3. BaroMat’s web site has this explanatory video.

The video says the following.

  • The system works in between 200 and 700 metres of water.
  • Installation costs are about $80 per kWh.
  • This means that the 4 MWh system in Cyprus would cost around $320,000.

I like the technology, which is a clever use of water to create pressure, to recover the stored energy.

Conclusion

I can see the technology being used to handle several different problems, with some being in the powering of offshore equipment.

May 10, 2024 Posted by | Energy Storage | , | Leave a comment