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Malta Teams up With Duke Energy to Study Possibility of Converting Coal Units Into Clean Energy Storage Facilities
Published 05-26-21
Submitted by Duke Energy
Study focuses on the socioeconomic, environmental and operational benefits of integrating Malta’s 100-megawatt, 10-hour pumped heat energy storage system into existing infrastructure.
A grant from the U.S. Department of Energy is funding the year-long study.
May 26, 2021 /CSRwire/ - Malta Inc. is teaming up with Duke Energy to study the socioeconomic, environmental and operational benefits of converting retiring coal units into long-duration, zero-emissions energy storage systems by integrating Malta’s 100-megawatt, 10-hour pumped heat energy storage system into existing infrastructure at a Duke Energy coal plant in North Carolina.
/PRNewswire/ Malta Inc. is teaming up with Duke Energy to study the socioeconomic, environmental and operational benefits of converting retiring coal units.
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Malta Inc. is teaming up with Duke Energy to study the socioeconomic, environmental and operational benefits of converting retiring coal units into long-duration, zero-emissions energy storage systems by integrating Malta’s 100-megawatt, 10-hour pumped heat energy storage system into existing infrastructure at a Duke Energy coal plant in North Carolina. Courtesy of Duke Energy
A U.S. Department of Energy grant is funding the year-long study of the emerging technology.
Malta is developing a pumped heat energy storage system that leverages well-understood subsystems, components and thermodynamics in a novel energy storage application. By leveraging existing subsystems from well-established industries, the system relies on decades of performance data to ensure safe, resilient operations.