Research to Examine if Industrial Refrigeration Could Be Used to Store Electricity
University wins EU research grant to develop new energy storage technology
LONDON — London South Bank University’s (LSBU’s) School of The Built Environment and Architecture has received a research grant to investigate the potential of a promising new technology — cryogenic energy storage (CES) — to solve the problem of how to store excess renewable energy.
With more and more energy coming from renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, there is a heightened risk of fluctuations in the electricity supply, due to the unpredictability of weather patterns. Technology to store excess energy from periods of high production, for release during periods of low production or high energy demand, is currently very limited, but would be of great significance.