Energy Vault’s gravity-based solutions (GES) are based on the well-understood physics and mechanical engineering fundamentals of pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHS), but replace water with custom-made composite blocks, or “mobile masses”, that can be made from low-cost and locally sourced materials, including local soil, mine tailings, coal combustion residuals (coal ash), and end-of-life decommissioned wind turbine blades.
Energy Vault’s GES build upon the core, proven energy storage technology of PHS and incorporates a simplified building design that is modular, flexible and not limited by the same geological constraints of pumped hydroelectric energy storage plants. Applying the fundamental principles of gravity and potential energy, Energy Vault’s GES solutions combine advanced materials science and proprietary machine-vision software to autonomously orchestrate the charge, storage, and discharge of electricity in grid-scale applications.
EVx™ sets a new industry benchmark in energy storage economics. Modular by design, the EVx™ further optimizes gravity storage in a flexible design to address both higher power and custom duration needs.
Energy Vault Resiliency Center™ (EVRC™) is a gigawatt hour scale product line designed to address grid resiliency needs to manage energy disruptive climate events such as wildfire or extreme weather.
The Energy Vault Customer Demonstration Unit (CDU) is a full-scale installation in Castione, Switzerland, that is based on our first generation, utility-scale gravity-based energy storage system.
EVx™ sets a new industry benchmark in energy storage economics. Modular by design, the EVx™ further optimizes gravity storage in a flexible design to address both higher power and custom duration needs.
Energy Vault actively works with the largest utilities and energy companies in the world to optimize our energy storage platform to improve flexibility and address our customers’ evolving duration needs for both higher power and custom duration storage requirements. The resulting EVx™ platform sets a new industry benchmark in energy storage economics. The EVx™ product platform introduces a highly scalable and modular architecture that can be built out in 10MWh increments that can scale to multi-GW-hour storage capacity. EVx™ is the natural evolution that leverages all current performance attributes of Energy Vault’s proven technology including zero degradation in storage medium, high round-trip efficiency, long technical life, a sustainable supply chain, and composite brick.
Energy Vault Resiliency Center™ (EVRC™) is a gigawatt hour scale product line designed to address grid resiliency needs to manage energy disruptive climate events such as wildfire or extreme weather.
The Energy Vault Resiliency Center™ is a highly scalable and modular system architecture that is built to scale to manage energy disruptive climate events such as wildfire or extreme weather. Using the EVx™ design as a building block, the EVRC™ can be built out in 10MWh increments that can scale to multi-GW-hour storage capacity.
Importantly, the new platform is 45 percent lower in height and utilizes the same composite block weights that can be made from waste and remediation material for beneficial re-use, such as coal combustion residuals (coal ash), fiberglass from de-commissioned wind turbine blades and waste tailings from mining processes.
The Energy Vault Customer Demonstration Unit (CDU) is a full-scale installation in Castione, Switzerland, that is based on our first generation, utility-scale gravity-based energy storage system.
The Energy Vault Commercial Demonstration Unit (CDU) combines innovative design, advanced materials science, and proprietary machine-vision software to lift and lower composite bricks and orchestrate the storage and dispatch of electrical power. In July of 2020, Energy Vault completed mechanical construction of the first of its kind, grid-scale unit located in Switzerland (Ticino). This commercial scale system is part of Energy Vault’s technology roadmap that follows the 1:4 scale pilot system built and operated in 2018, where all core technology elements were tested and validated. The CDU is connected to the Swiss national utility grid and is being utilized for continued testing and software commissioning.
In July of 2020, Energy Vault completed mechanical construction of the first of its kind, grid scale EV1 Tower Commercial Demonstration Unit (CDU) located in Switzerland (Ticino). This commercial scale system is part of Energy Vault’s technology roadmap that follows the 1:4 scale pilot system built and operated in 2018, where all core technology elements were tested and validated. The EV1 CDU is connected to the Swiss national utility grid and under final testing and software commissioning.
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