- Energy Dome and Ansaldo Energia sign a deal to deploy energy storage facilities in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
- The CO2 Battery technology developed by Energy Dome does not use lithium.
Ansaldo Energia, a leading international power OEM and service provider, and Energy Dome, a global provider of long-duration energy storage solutions that enable renewable energy to be dispatchable, have signed a non-exclusive license agreement to collaborate on the commercialization of long-duration energy storage facilities across the EMEA region, which will support greater integration and use of renewable energy on the grid.
With Energy Dome’s first commercial CO2 Battery storage facility approaching completion in Sardinia, Italy, the company expects to build as many as 30 units throughout Italy, Germany, the Middle East, and Africa over the next five years.
The CO2 Battery technology developed by Energy Dome does not use lithium, which is a rare and environmentally hazardous raw element. Instead, it charges and discharges electricity from 4 to 24 hours using carbon dioxide and off-the-shelf components, allowing renewables to act as fully-dispatchable daily energy supplies.
CO2 is used as a storing agent in Energy Dome’s CO2 Battery, which operates in a closed-loop charge/discharge cycle. Gaseous CO2 is maintained in a vast dome structure before charging. During charging, grid electricity is used to compress CO2 into liquid form, resulting in the creation of stored heat. The stored heat evaporates the liquid CO2 during discharge, which is then inflated back into a gaseous state and used to power a turbine.