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Case study - Lessons Learned developing Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES)

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Presentation
  • Session
  • Thursday, 04 June 2015
  • 11:4 - 11:4
  • Duration: 38 mins
  • Publication date: 08 Jun 2015
  • Location: NA, America Square Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Energy Storage 2015

About the session

The development of energy storage is vital to the sustained operation of the UK’s busy grid network, carbon grid and transport system, maintaining supply and bridging the gap in peak conditions.

Find out in greater detail how energy storage is deployed the GB system and what the current landscape is for this technology.

You will hear from industry leaders who will examine and explore the impact on infrastructure including standards and the new RIIO regime, the practicalities and technical issues of storage with an overview of what we can expect from storage in the future taking into consideration technology development, the changes in the value of storage and using storage to supply new services.

Keywords:
  • LAES
  • OEM
  • air
  • electricity
  • energy
  • gas
  • liquid
  • power
  • storage

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Power

Power

Speaker

  • Gareth Brett

    Gareth Brett

    Highview Power, Chief Executive Officer

    An electrical engineer, Gareth Brett has worked with Highview since 2006 and joined the Board to become full time CEO in December 2008.Gareth began his career with Southern Electric in 1977, where he led the development of three major UK independent power projects (IPPs). He has subsequently been involved in the development and successful execution of many IPPs in the UK, Europe and the United States, from the perspectives of owner, financier, operator and customer. These IPPs used a wide range of technologies including gas fired CCGTs, thermal coal plants, open cycle gas turbines, diesels, wind turbines and hydro plant (run of river and pumped storage, including Dinorwig in the UK). Prior to joining Highview full-time as CEO, Gareth was also Head of New Nuclear Build for British Energy.
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