Highview Power

Highview Power is a long-duration[4] energy storage pioneer, specialising in cryogenic energy storage. It is based in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has permission for a commercial-scale 50 Megawatt/250 Megawatt-hour plant in England,[3][5] building upon its earlier 5 Megawatt[2] and 350 Kilowatt pilot[6] plants. It plans to develop a 50MW plant/400MWh (eight hours of storage) in Vermont.[7][8]

Highview Power
TypePrivate
IndustryEnergy storage
Founded2005[1]
HeadquartersLondon, UK
New York City, USA
Key people
Colin Roy (Chair)[2]
Javier Cavada (CEO)[3]
Websitehighviewpower.com

It has over 30 patents[2] developed in partnership with British universities and has won technology funding from the British Government.[9]

In February 2020 Sumitomo Heavy Industries invested $46m in the company.[10][11][12]

Technology

Its CRYOBattery™ technology[13] uses low-cost electricity to cool air to -196 °C, reducing it to a liquid 1/700th the volume.[14] At times of high demand for electricity, when prices are typically high, the liquid is expanded through a turbine to generate electricity, free of combustion and the resultant emissions.[5] The process can utilise waste heat[15] and waste cold[16] to boost efficiency. The system utilises standard equipment from sectors like Liquified Natural Gas and, unlike short-duration energy storage technologies (like thermochemical batteries), doesn't require mining for, or complex recycling of, rare minerals.[17]

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References
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  15. She, Xiaohui; Peng, Xiaodong; Nie, Binjian; Leng, Guanghui; Zhang, Xiaosong; Weng, Likui; Tong, Lige; Zheng, Lifang; Wang, Li; Ding, Yulong (November 2017). "Enhancement of round trip efficiency of liquid air energy storage through effective utilization of heat of compression". Applied Energy. 206: 1632–1642. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.09.102.
  16. She, Xiaohui; Peng, Xiaodong; Zhang, Tongtong; Cong, Lin; Ding, Yulong (February 2019). "Preliminary study of Liquid Air Energy Storage integrated with LNG cold recovery". Energy Procedia. 158: 4903–4908. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.702.
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