{"id":624278,"date":"2024-06-14T13:58:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T10:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/highview-power-secures-300m-to-build-uks-first-liquid-air-battery\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T10:58:40","slug":"highview-power-secures-300m-to-build-uks-first-liquid-air-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/highview-power-secures-300m-to-build-uks-first-liquid-air-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"#Highview Power secures \u00a3300M to build UK\u2019s first liquid air battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36547c8c22a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36547c8c22a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/highview-power-secures-300m-to-build-uks-first-liquid-air-battery\/#Liquid_air_battery\" >Liquid air battery<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/highview-power-secures-300m-to-build-uks-first-liquid-air-battery\/#Stabilising_the_grid\" >Stabilising the grid<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UK scaleup Highview Power has secured \u00a3300mn to build a liquid air storage plant in Manchester.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UK government\u2019s Infrastructure Bank led the funding round. Investment bank Goldman Sachs, British energy firm Centrica, and mining giant Rio Tinto also took part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The investment acts as a stamp of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval for an emerging <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> that could help wean the country off dirty sources of baseload power like gas and coal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have to explore new, innovative ways to store energy so we have electricity available when the wind doesn\u2019t blow and the sun doesn\u2019t shine,\u201d said Chris O\u2019Shea, group chief executive at Centrica.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The &lt;3 of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highview will locate its new plant in Carrington, on the outskirts of Manchester. Once complete, it will have a storage capacity of 300 MWh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s enough energy to power around 300,000 homes. However, this energy won\u2019t release all at once, but gradually \u2014 50 MWs per hour over six hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction on the plant has begun, with completion scheduled for early 2026. Highview expects the project to support over 700 jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highview appears to have <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2020\/jun\/18\/worlds-biggest-liquid-air-battery-starts-construction-in-uk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">started building the plant<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> back in 2020. We\u2019ve reached out to the company to find out what caused the long delay and we\u2019ll update this article once we get a response.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liquid_air_battery\"><\/span><b>Liquid air battery<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liquid air storage, also known as cryogenic energy storage, operates like a giant battery. It stores renewable energy when it\u2019s plentiful, for instance on a windy or sunny day, and then releases it as needed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cryogenic energy storage might be new, but it\u2019s not unproven. Highview and some of its competitors, like Hydrostor from Canada, have already built grid-connected demonstrator plants.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407598 js-lazy\" alt=\"liquid-air-storage-highview\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/06\/liquid-air-storage-highview.jpg\"\/><figcaption>A 3D render of Highview\u2019s liquid air storage plant. Credit: Highview Power<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\/><\/figcaption><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407598\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/06\/liquid-air-storage-highview.jpg\" alt=\"liquid-air-storage-highview\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The technology is actually quite simple. You use excess energy from the grid to compress air, cooling it down to temperatures as low as -200\u00b0C. This turns the air into liquid. When you need energy again you decompress the air, which passes over a turbine, generating electricity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liquid air storage can store renewable energy for up to several weeks, much longer than lithium-ion batteries. Highview says its facilities can be built pretty much anywhere and take only a couple of years to construct.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stabilising_the_grid\"><\/span><b>Stabilising the grid<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Butland, the Highview\u2019s co-founder &amp; CEO, said the Carrington project will act as a foundation for a \u201cfull scale roll-out in the UK.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scaleup is already planning four more plants. These will be larger than the Carrington facility, with a combined energy storage capacity of 2.5 GWh. Together, Highview expects plants to cost \u00a33bn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julian Leslie, director and chief engineer at Britain\u2019s electricity operator National Grid, predicts that 4GW of liquid air storage will be required over the coming decades. \u201cHighview\u2019s plans are welcomed to support this target,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To meet this demand, Highview intends to build even more plants in order to meet 20% of the UK\u2019s energy storage capacity by 2035. This ambitious plan would cost \u00a39bn and would support 6,000 jobs, according to the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liquid air storage isn\u2019t the only option at the government\u2019s disposal. The UK is also investing heavily in lithium-ion battery farms and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">giant water batteries<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, startups across Europe are working to scale everything from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">energy-storing lifts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sand batteries<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">giant domes filled with CO2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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