Sulzer has signed an agreement with Highview Power to deliver eight molten salt pumps, five cryopumps and a selection of auxiliary services.
The deal represents an engineering-led collaboration that will help unlock long-duration energy storage at Highview Power’s new facility at Carrington, Manchester, and at other future facilities across the UK.
The Carrington project will be the first to deliver commercial-scale liquid air energy storage in the UK.
Highview Power’s liquid air energy storage (LAES) system represents a significant opportunity in the global energy transition, delivering more renewable energy into the power grid through its innovative storage technology. The system captures excess power, releasing it back at times of high demand or reduced generation. It also offers critical grid stability services.
Highview Power CEO Richard Butland said: “Excess energy is used to clean and dry air, which is then refrigerated and compressed until it liquefies and can be stored in tanks. When power is needed, the liquid is pumped at high pressure and heated, so it expands, and drives a gas turbine to generate electricity.”
Sulzer will supply Highview Power with cryogenic pumps and a molten salt storage system. The new Carrington facility will use these molten salt processes to recover and store otherwise wasted energy for use in heat generation, further maximising its efficiency.
Sulzer molten salt pumps improve efficiency at new long duration energy storage facility
