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Highview Power
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnergy storage
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Key people
Colin Roy (Chair)[1]
Richard Butland (CEO)
Websitehighviewpower.com

Highview Power is a long-duration[2] energy storage pioneer, specialising in cryogenic energy storage. It is based in the United Kingdom, and formerly the United States. It has permission for a commercial-scale 50 Megawatt/250 Megawatt-hour plant in England,[3][4] building upon its earlier 5 Megawatt[1] and 350 Kilowatt pilot[5] plants. It had plans to develop a 50MW plant/400MWh (eight hours of storage) in Vermont.[6][7]

It has over 30 patents[1] developed in partnership with British universities and has won technology funding from the British Government.[8]

In February 2020 Sumitomo Heavy Industries invested $46m in the company.[9][10][11]

in September 2021, it was announced that Adrian Katzew would become the new CEO,[12] though this didn't come to pass.

In 2022, it closed its offices in the United States.[13]

Technology[edit]

Its CRYOBattery™ technology[14] uses low-cost electricity to cool air to -196 °C, reducing it to a liquid 1/700th the volume.[15] 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.[4] The process can utilise waste heat[16] and waste cold[17] 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.[18]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Bounds, Andy (4 June 2018). "World's first liquid air energy storage plant opens near Manchester". Financial Times. Nikkei inc. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  2. ^ Stubbe, Richard (4 September 2018). "Highview Power CEO Cavada Ready to Fill Energy Gap". BNEF. Bloomberg. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. ^ Evans-Pritchard, Ambrose (21 October 2019). "Cheap energy storage for renewables in sight as Highview Power launches five UK plants". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b Jasi, Amanda. "Highview Power to build Europe's largest battery storage system". The Chemical Engineer. Institution of Chemical Engineers. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  5. ^ Bowman, Andrew (11 June 2013). "UK warms to cryogenic energy stores". Financial Times. Nikei inc. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. ^ Casey, Tina (22 December 2019). "Coal-killing Long-duration Energy Storage for Vermont". Cleantechnica. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  7. ^ Fialka, John. "To Store Renewable Energy, Try Freezing Air". Scientific American. Springer Nature. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  8. ^ a b "£8 million boost for energy storage innovation". gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  9. ^ Sanderson, Henry. "Sumitomo Heavy Industries invests $46m in liquid air battery start-up". Financial Times. Nikkei. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  10. ^ Cogley, Michael (25 February 2020). "London liquid air start-up lands £35m Sumitomo investment". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  11. ^ Spector, Julian (25 February 2020). "Sumitomo Buys Large Stake in Energy Storage Specialist Highview Power". The Telegraph. Greentech Media. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  12. ^ Wagman, David (8 September 2021). "People on the Move: Highview Power..." PV Magazine USA. PV Magazine Group GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Highview Power Storage Inc". opencorporates. Retrieved 12 Jan 2023.
  14. ^ "Highview Power to build Europe's largest energy storage plant". Birmingham Energy Institute. University of Birmingham. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Electrical energy can be captured as liquid air". The Economist. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Harrabin, Roger (22 October 2019). "How liquid air could help keep the lights on". BBC News. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Ashden Winners". Ashden. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  20. ^ "Frost & Sullivan Applauds Highview Power's Technological Expertise..." PR Newswire. Cision. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  21. ^ Nathan, Stuart (22 October 2019). "Highview Power to build Europe's largest energy storage plant". The Engineer. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  22. ^ "University research to develop technologies which could transform electricity system". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  23. ^ "World first – storing energy in liquid air". University of Brighton. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  24. ^ a b c "Liquid Air Energy Storage at city scale" (PDF). University of Leeds. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  25. ^ a b "The 2011 Energy & Environment Winner". The Engineer. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  26. ^ Owen-Jones, Jemima (10 January 2019). "Citec to provide engineering for Highview Power..." Gasworld. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  27. ^ Khan, Sania. "Highview Power signs contract with Tenaska for storage projects in Texas". S&P Global. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

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