Gravity based energy storage feasibility study

Panitek Power在英国、印度和瑞士设有办事处，与欧洲各地的中小企业合作，帮助他们进入新的国际市场。它在电力、智能电网和绿色氢技术方面拥有专业知识，并将其与新颖的商业模式相结合，以满足当地市场的需求。例如，一家瑞士公司在印度推出了一款锂离子电池产品，并为印度市场开发了电动汽车充电器。Gravitricity开发了一种通过升降轴内的重物来储存能量的技术。创新之处在于设计了张紧钢丝和绞盘结构的组合以及新颖的电动绞盘驱动模块。重力系统可以产生高达20兆瓦的电力，持续时间长达数小时。世界银行估计，从现在到2040年，印度的电力需求将增加两倍。2015年，煤炭占印度发电量的75%。大部分新的发电能力将来自可再生能源，印度政府的目标是到2030年安装超过450吉瓦的太阳能和风能。这将减少温室气体的排放，并改善主要城市的空气质量。为了使电网能够容纳这种间歇性的可再生电力，需要像Gravitricity这样的储能系统。帝国理工学院伦敦的一项评估表明，重力比其他形式的电能存储（如锂离子电池）更具成本效益。Gravitricity的寿命（比电池高10- 50倍的循环寿命）和多功能性使其特别适合发展中国家。这将提高可再生能源在印度电网中的渗透水平，提高电力可靠性，并降低成本。该可行性项目将探索与印度潜在客户和供应商合作和创新的选择，以实现基于重力的电能存储。

Panitek Power has offices in the UK, India and Switzerland, and it partners with SMEs from across Europe to help them enter new international markets. It has expertise in Electrical, Smart Grid and Green Hydrogen technologies, which it combines with novel business models, to address local market needs. Examples include the launch of a lithium-ion battery product by a Swiss company in India, and the development of electric vehicle chargers for the Indian market.Gravitricity has developed technology to store energy by raising and lowering weights inside a shaft. The innovation is in the design of a combination of tensioned wires and a winch structure and novel electrically driven winch-drive modules. Gravitricity systems can generate up to 20MW of power, with durations of up to several hours.The World Bank estimates India's electricity demand to treble between now and 2040\. As recently as 2015, coal accounted for 75% of electricity generation in India. Much of the new generation capacity will come from renewables, and the Indian government has the target to install over 450GW of solar and wind power by 2030\. This will reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and also improve air quality in major cities.To enable the grid to accommodate this intermittent renewable electricity, energy storage systems such as Gravitricity are needed. An evaluation by Imperial College London, shows that the Gravitricity is more cost effective than other forms of electrical energy storage such as lithium-ion batteries. Gravitricity's longevity (10-50x higher cycle life than batteries) and versatility make it particularly well suited for developing countries. This will allow for an increase in the penetration level of renewable energy in the Indian grid, with higher reliability of power, and at a lower cost.This feasibility project will explore options for collaboration and innovation with potential customers and suppliers in India, for gravity based electrical energy storage.