Gravitricity Energy Storage - South Asia Feasibility

重力是一种通过提升和降低井筒内的重物来储存能量的新技术。该设计基于张紧钢丝和绞盘结构的创新组合。这提供了稳定性、性能和成本优势。重力系统可以产生高达20兆瓦的电力，持续时间为几个小时。帝国理工学院伦敦对Gravitricity的寿命（比电池高10- 50倍的循环寿命）进行的评估表明，Gravitricity比其他形式的电能存储更具成本效益。这一终身直接成本节约将使南亚的地方和区域电网能够接受更高比例的可再生电力。该项目的目标市场是印度和巴基斯坦。从现在到2040年，电力需求预计将增加两倍。目前，印度73%的电力来自煤炭，巴基斯坦56%的电力来自化石燃料，包括煤炭、天然气和石油。具有成本效益的能量存储使风能和太阳能在电网上的渗透率更高。印度政府的目标是到2030年安装超过500 GW的太阳能和风能，高于2021年的100 GW。太阳能的吸收部分是由于其非常低的成本，达到2便士/千瓦时。随着可再生能源份额的增加，由于负载需求和发电量的不匹配，这可能会导致频率和电压干扰。Gravitricity非常适合电网平衡和快速频率响应服务。该可行性项目将联合收割机Gravitricity的技术与Panitek Power的专业知识相结合，为南亚市场带来可持续能源解决方案。该公司将开发一种针对南亚的技术解决方案，以应对这一市场。这是通过确定技术、法规和市场要求，然后设计优化的解决方案。与此同时，还将对当地供应链进行评价，以适应当地要求，提高成本效益。还将确定未来的项目合作伙伴和潜在地点，以形成后续示范项目的建议。

Gravitricity is a novel technology to store energy by raising and lowering the weights inside a shaft. The design is based on an innovative combination of tensioned wires and a winch structure. This provides stability, performance and cost advantages. Gravitricity systems can generate up to 20MW of power, with durations of several hours. An evaluation by Imperial College London, accounting for Gravitricity's longevity (10-50x higher cycle life than batteries), shows that Gravitricity is more cost effective than other forms of electrical energy storage. This lifetime direct cost saving will enable local and regional grids in South Asia to accept higher proportions of renewable electricity.The target markets for this project are India and Pakistan. Electricity demand is expected to treble between now and 2040\. Currently 73% of electricity is coal sourced in India, and 56% of electricity in Pakistan is fossil fuel sourced, from coal, gas and oil fuels. Cost effective energy storage enables higher penetration of wind and solar power on the grid. The Indian government has the target to have installed over 500GW of solar and wind power by 2030, up from 100GW in 2021\. The uptake of solar is driven in part by its very low cost, reaching 2 pence/kWh. As the share of renewables rises, this can cause frequency and voltage disturbances due to mismatch of load demand and generation. Gravitricity is well suited to grid balancing and rapid frequency response services.This feasibility project will combine Gravitricity's technology with Panitek Power's expertise in bringing sustainable energy solutions to the South Asian market. It will develop a South Asia specific solution of the technology to address this market. This is through identifying technical, regulatory and market requirements, and then engineering an optimized solution. In parallel, there will be an evaluation of local supply chains to adapt to local requirements and improve cost effectiveness. Future project partners and potential sites will also be identified to form a proposal for a follow-on demonstrator project.