Soroka Medical Center To Install Nostromo Energy Storage Tech

Israeli energy storage and cooling company Nostromo, announced on Sunday that it will install its water-based, dual purpose storage system in the Soroka University Medical Center with the support of the Ministry of Energy to reduce the hospital’s carbon emissions and electricity costs. Nostromo is set to receive a total of NIS 1.5 million ($434,600) for its proprietary system. Soroka University Medical Center will pay NIS 800,000 ($231,800) and the Ministry of Energy will pay about NIS 700,000 ($208,500) in the form of a grant. The collaboration was created as part of the Zero Carbon Hospital Challenge competition launched by the HealthIL community and PLANETech community to promote solutions for energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions at Soroka Medical Center. Nostromo will install one 1,200 kilowatt-hour unit of storage, the cooling byproduct of which is expected to…

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