Malta Inc and oOlando utilities commission collaborate on long-duration energy storage.
The Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC—The Reliable One) will explore deployment of Malta Inc.’s long-duration energy storage power plant as a reliable and commercially viable solution to help achieve the utility’s net-zero carbon emission goals.
Malta’s storage solution converts excess electricity into thermal energy that is stored in salt and coolant. When needed, the plant regenerates gigawatt hours of electricity for residential and commercial use.
Malta’s utility-scale 100+ megawatt system provides more hours of energy storage than lithium-ion batteries and could provide energy storage diversity for OUC. The increased duration power plant has the potential to help OUC ensure grid reliability despite the variable nature of clean and renewable energy…