Fraunhofer Energy Alliance
Fraunhofer Energy Alliance

Energy Storage

MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE

StenSea project - unloading marine pumped storage in Lake Constance.

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Energy Storage

MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE

StenSea project - unloading marine pumped storage in Lake Constance.

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© Fraunhofer IEE

Energy Storage

MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE

StenSea project - unloading marine pumped storage in Lake Constance.

more info

© Fraunhofer IEE

Energy Storage

MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE

StenSea project - unloading marine pumped storage in Lake Constance.

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© Fraunhofer IEE

Energy Storage

MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE

StenSea project - unloading marine pumped storage in Lake Constance.

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© Fraunhofer IEE

Mechanical Energy Storage

In addition to compressed air energy storage solutions, pumped-storage power plants have established themselves as large-scale facilities for stationary electromechanical storage of energy. Experts from the Fraunhofer Energy Alliance are developing applications for the use of these technologies on a smaller scale (5-50 MWel).

Competencies of the Fraunhofer Energy Alliance in the Field of Mechanical Energy Storage

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Compressed Air Storage

Compressed Air Storage

Electricity can be (thermo-)mechanically stored in so-called CAES (Compressed Air Energy Storage). In addition to pumped-storage power plants, existing CAES plants with fossil co-firing become well-established as industrial plants for stationary energy storage. Experts of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft are developing applications for the use of the technology without fossil fuel firing, on a smaller scale (<50MWel) and are continuously working on the optimization of technologies and processes in the field of compressed air storage.

Projects

 

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KompEx LTA-CAES®

Development of a new plant technology for the sustainable storage of electricity with compressed air

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