Highview Power has opened the world’s first grid-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant near Manchester, northern England, that will help address challenges posed by rising energy demand and balancing the grid, according to the British developer.
The 5MW/15MWh plant, located at the Pilsworth landfill gas site, will become the first operational demonstration of LAES technology at grid-scale. It has been developed in partnership with recycling and renewable energy company, Viridor, and has been enabled in part by over £8m ($10.7m)
