The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal association for geotechnical engineers in the UK.
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The British Geotechnical Association
16.05.2023
18:00 - 19:30
Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA
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Tea and coffee will be available from 17:30
As the world generates more electricity from intermittent renewable energy sources, there is a growing need for technologies, which can capture and store energy during periods of low demand and release it rapidly when required. Long-life, below-ground technologies can store energy safely and deliver it on demand at a lower lifetime cost than current alternatives. Gravity and hydrogen storage technologies each offer unique attributes, ideally suited to the fast-evolving energy markets of tomorrow.
Gravitricity underground gravity storage technology uses the power of gravity and their hydrogen storage technology uses the geology of the earth to safely store large volumes of green hydrogen. Our next step is developing a novel storage technology, which will involve a 2.5m diameter by 120m deep shaft being constructed. Such purpose-built shafts can be built wherever required to offer long-term storage close to the point of demand and deliver a grid-scale energy storage system.
This presentation will touch on this emerging technology, its applicability to accelerating the transition to Net Zero, the geotechnical problems that have been encountered so far and the ones anticipated to be encountered along the journey.
Gravtricity
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