In June, we introduced our readers to Energy Dome, a company that uses carbon dioxide as an energy storage medium. (The irony of using carbon dioxide to help solve the problem of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will not be lost on our savvy readers.) The company is currently constructing its first demonstration facility on the island of Sardinia, where its CO2 battery will help smooth the transition to renewable energy when the island switches off its two coal-fired thermal generating stations next year.
I got a press release from Energy Dome this past week telling me that its technology has attracted interest from Ørsted, the Danish company that is a global leader in wind turbine technology. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understand that will allow them to explore the feasibility of deploying of a 20 MW/200 MWh Energy Dome facility at one or more Ørsted…
