Highview Power

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Highview Power
TypePrivate
IndustryEnergy storage
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Key people
Colin Roy (Chair)[1]
Javier Cavada (CEO)[2]
Websitehighviewpower.com

Highview Power is a long-duration[3] energy storage pioneer, specialising in cryogenic energy storage. It is based in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has permission for a commercial-scale 50 Megawatt/250 Megawatt-hour plant in England,[2][4] building upon its earlier 5 Megawatt[1] and 350 Kilowatt pilot[5] plants. It plans to develop a 50MW plant/400MWh (eight hours of storage) in Vermont.[6][7]

It has over 30 patents[1] developed in partnership with British universities and has won technology funding from the British Government.[8]

In February 2020 Sumitomo Heavy Industries invested $46m in the company.[9][10][11]

Technology[]

Its CRYOBattery™ technology[12] uses low-cost electricity to cool air to -196 °C, reducing it to a liquid 1/700th the volume.[13] At times of high demand for electricity, when prices are typically high, the liquid is expanded through a turbine to generate electricity, free of combustion and the resultant emissions.[4] The process can utilise waste heat[14] and waste cold[15] to boost efficiency. The system utilises standard equipment from sectors like Liquified Natural Gas and, unlike short-duration energy storage technologies (like thermochemical batteries), doesn't require mining for, or complex recycling of, rare minerals.[16]

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  2. ^ a b Evans-Pritchard, Ambrose (21 October 2019). "Cheap energy storage for renewables in sight as Highview Power launches five UK plants". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. ^ Stubbe, Richard. "Highview Power CEO Cavada Ready to Fill Energy Gap". BNEF. Bloomberg. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b Jasi, Amanda. "Highview Power to build Europe's largest battery storage system". The Chemical Engineer. Institution of Chemical Engineers. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  5. ^ Bowman, Andrew. "UK warms to cryogenic energy stores". Financial Times. Nikei inc. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. ^ Casey, Tina. "Coal-killing Long-duration Energy Storage for Vermont". Cleantechnica. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  7. ^ Fialka, John. "To Store Renewable Energy, Try Freezing Air". Scientific American. Springer Nature. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  8. ^ a b "£8 million boost for energy storage innovation". gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  9. ^ Sanderson, Henry. "Sumitomo Heavy Industries invests $46m in liquid air battery start-up". Financial Times. Nikkei. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  10. ^ Cogley, Michael. "London liquid air start-up lands £35m Sumitomo investment". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  11. ^ Spector, Julian. "Sumitomo Buys Large Stake in Energy Storage Specialist Highview Power". Greentech Media. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Highview Power to build Europe's largest energy storage plant". Birmingham Energy Institute. University of Birmingham. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Electrical energy can be captured as liquid air". The Economist. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  14. ^ She, Xiaohui; Peng, Xiaodong; Nie, Binjian; Leng, Guanghui; Zhang, Xiaosong; Weng, Likui; Tong, Lige; Zheng, Lifang; Wang, Li; Ding, Yulong (November 2017). "Enhancement of round trip efficiency of liquid air energy storage through effective utilization of heat of compression". Applied Energy. 206: 1632–1642. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.09.102.
  15. ^ She, Xiaohui; Peng, Xiaodong; Zhang, Tongtong; Cong, Lin; Ding, Yulong (February 2019). "Preliminary study of Liquid Air Energy Storage integrated with LNG cold recovery". Energy Procedia. 158: 4903–4908. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.702.
  16. ^ Harrabin, Roger. "How liquid air could help keep the lights on". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Ashden Winners". Ashden. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Frost & Sullivan Applauds Highview Power's Technological Expertise..." PR Newswire. Cision. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  19. ^ Nathan, Stuart. "Highview Power to build Europe's largest energy storage plant". The Engineer. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  20. ^ "University research to develop technologies which could transform electricity system". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  21. ^ "World first – storing energy in liquid air". University of Brighton. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  22. ^ a b c "Liquid Air Energy Storage at city scale" (PDF). University of Leeds. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  23. ^ a b "The 2011 Energy & Environment Winner". The Engineer. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  24. ^ Owen-Jones, Jemima. "Citec to provide engineering for Highview Power..." Gasworld. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  25. ^ Khan, Sania. "Highview Power signs contract with Tenaska for storage projects in Texas". S&P Global. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

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