Highview Power
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Energy storage |
| Founded | 2005[1] |
| Headquarters | London, UK New York City, USA |
Key people | Colin Roy (Chair)[2] Javier Cavada (CEO)[3] |
| Website | highviewpower.com |
Highview Power is a long-duration[4] 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,[3][5] building upon its earlier 5 Megawatt[2] and 350 Kilowatt pilot[6] plants. It plans to develop a 50MW plant/400MWh (eight hours of storage) in Vermont.[7][8]
It has over 30 patents[2] developed in partnership with British universities and has won technology funding from the British Government.[9]
In February 2020 Sumitomo Heavy Industries invested $46m in the company.[10][11][12]
Technology
Its CRYOBattery™ technology[13] uses low-cost electricity to cool air to -196 °C, reducing it to a liquid 1/700th the volume.[14] 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.[5] The process can utilise waste heat[15] and waste cold[16] 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.[17]
Awards
- Ashden Award for Energy Innovation[18]
- Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation[19]
- The Engineer Innovation Award[20]
Partners
Academic
- Centre for Cryogenic Energy Storage, University of Birmingham[21]
- University of Brighton[22]
- University of Leeds[23]
Industry
See also
References
- ^ "Highview". Crunchbase. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ a b c Bounds, Andy. "World's first liquid air energy storage plant opens near Manchester". Financial Times. Nikkei inc. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stubbe, Richard. "Highview Power CEO Cavada Ready to Fill Energy Gap". BNEF. Bloomberg. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bowman, Andrew. "UK warms to cryogenic energy stores". Financial Times. Nikei inc. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Casey, Tina. "Coal-killing Long-duration Energy Storage for Vermont". Cleantechnica. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Fialka, John. "To Store Renewable Energy, Try Freezing Air". Scientific American. Springer Nature. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ a b "£8 million boost for energy storage innovation". gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Sanderson, Henry. "Sumitomo Heavy Industries invests $46m in liquid air battery start-up". Financial Times. Nikkei. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Cogley, Michael. "London liquid air start-up lands £35m Sumitomo investment". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Spector, Julian. "Sumitomo Buys Large Stake in Energy Storage Specialist Highview Power". gtm:. Greentech Media. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Highview Power to build Europe's largest energy storage plant". Birmingham Energy Institute. University of Birmingham. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Electrical energy can be captured as liquid air". The Economist. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Harrabin, Roger. "How liquid air could help keep the lights on". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Ashden Winners". Ashden. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Frost & Sullivan Applauds Highview Power's Technological Expertise..." PR Newswire. Cision. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Nathan, Stuart. "Highview Power to build Europe's largest energy storage plant". The Engineer. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "University research to develop technologies which could transform electricity system". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "World first – storing energy in liquid air". University of Brighton. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ a b c "Liquid Air Energy Storage at city scale" (PDF). University of Leeds. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ a b "The 2011 Energy & Environment Winner". The Engineer. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Owen-Jones, Jemima. "Citec to provide engineering for Highview Power..." Gasworld. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Khan, Sania. "Highview Power signs contract with Tenaska for storage projects in Texas". S&P Global. Retrieved 23 December 2019.