Malta is a developer of grid-scale long-duration thermal energy storage solutions. Incubated at X, the Moonshot Factory (formerly Google [X]), Malta has developed a Pumped Heat Energy Storage (PHES) system to provide long-duration, large-scale, cost-effective, and safe energy storage.
[pdf] During the presentation of the project,Cape Verde's National Director for Industry,Trade and Energy,Rito Évora,announced that the energy storage centre is scheduled to be operational by 2030,with the aim of injecting 7% of renewable energy into the national public grid and 18% into that of the island of Santiago.
[pdf] The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), under the National Research Council of Science and Technology (NST), has successfully developed and demonstrated key technologies for a Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) system—recognized as a next-generation solution for large-scale, long-duration energy storage.
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