Gravitricity Energy Storage - South Asia Feasibility

重力是一种通过提升和降低竖井内的重量来储存能量的新技术。该设计基于张拉钢丝和绞车结构的创新组合。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，持续几个小时。伦敦帝国理工学院对Gravitricity的寿命(循环寿命是电池的10-50倍)进行的一项评估显示，Gravitricity比其他形式的电能储存更具成本效益。这种终身直接节省的成本将使南亚的本地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。预计从现在到2040年，电力需求将增加两倍。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，来自煤炭、天然气和石油燃料。具有成本效益的能源存储使风能和太阳能在电网中的渗透率更高。印度政府的目标是到2030年太阳能和风能发电装机容量超过500千兆瓦，高于2021年的100千兆瓦。太阳能的使用在一定程度上是因为它的成本非常低，达到了2便士/千瓦时。随着可再生能源份额的增加，这可能会由于负荷需求和发电不匹配而导致频率和电压扰动。Gravitricity非常适合电网平衡和快速频率响应服务。该可行性项目将结合Gravitricity的技术和Panitek Power在为南亚市场带来可持续能源解决方案方面的专业知识。它将开发一种南亚特有的技术解决方案，以满足这一市场。这是通过确定技术、法规和市场需求，然后设计优化的解决方案来实现的。同时，将对当地供应链进行评估，以适应当地要求并提高成本效益。还将确定未来的项目合作伙伴和潜在的地点，以形成后续示范项目的提案。

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.