The CRYOBattery technology is touted as a means to provide bulk and long-duration storage as well as grid services. Image: Highview Power.
The feasibility of building large-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) systems in China is being assessed through a partnership between Shanghai Power Equipment Research Institute (SPERI) and Sumitomo SHI FW.
The technology, developed and commercialised by UK company Highview Power, is being touted as a suitable means to provide bulk and long-duration energy storage to complement renewable energy and replace the role of fossil fuels in the electricity sector.
Sumitomo SHI FW said this week that it is partnering with SPERI to see if Highview’s CRYOBattery technology can be used in two configurations — a four-hour duration project and an eight-hour duration project in Binhai Jiangsu, China.
Both would be 50MW output,…