The first Ecovat Thermo Energy Storage Tank almost ready for use
The Dutch startup Ecovat is making the energy supply in the built environment sustainable, by creating a large thermal storage tank that is able to store high temperature heat (to around 90 degrees C) over a longer period (> 6 months) with a loss of energy in this period of less than 10%.
Dr. Ir. J van Berkel (TU/e) has confirmed this in a desk research. (Report “Ecovat Thermodynamics”, March 20th, 2014). Read More
A business park can start their own experiment in which they themselves monitor the electricity on site. The operator will only deliver to the connection of the grid site. The business park or a third party is responsible for the delivery to the individual companies. Read More
Energy storage by Flywheels is a storage to watch right now.
A flywheel converts electrical energy to kinetic energy.
An electric motor/generator starts a heavy rotating disk that converts a lot of energy because of its high mechanical inertia.
The energy in a flywheel can quickly be converted to electrical energy by which these systems often have a high power in relation to their capacity. Read More