British liquid air energy storage (LAES) developer Highview Power has inked a collaboration deal with Canadian industrialist SNC-Lavalin to deploy its “air liquefaction”-based technology at utility-scale through a series of projects in North America.

The two companies are targeting utilities and independent power producers (IPP) with “long duration energy storage requirements”, with an EPC package encompassing engineering, procurement, project management, construction, commissioning, and operations and maintenance.