In a project where the old world of energy meets the new, AGL will investigate the technical and financial feasibility of using thermal batteries to provide the steam for a 200 MW turbine at South Australia’s Torrens Island Power Plant, which usually run on gas. October 24, 2022 Bella Peacock and Sandra EnkhardtOn Friday, the federally-run Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced it will give $422,582 (USD 268,400) in funding to AGL Energy, Australia’s biggest electricity “gentailer”, to study the viability of retrofitting the Torrens Island Power Station B near Adelaide with thermal energy storage technology.Thermal storage basically relies on the concept of heating or cooling a storage medium so it can be used later for heating and cooling applications.The $1.01 million feasibility study, set to last one year, has shortlisted two thermal storage suppliers:
Thermal batteries to power gas-plant steam turbines subject of $1 million feasibility study – pv magazine Australia
