Russia gas crisis highlights Europe's green energy storage problem
Renewable energy could help fill the gap as European nations move away from Russian gas - but storing it remains a concern. Could innovation help?
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Renewable energy could help fill the gap as European nations move away from Russian gas - but storing it remains a concern. Could innovation help?
* War in Ukraine spurs drive to move away from Russian gas * Green energy companies devising solutions to boost storage * But financing and political will to invest in short supply By Umberto Bacchi June 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From dropping weights down old mine shafts to pumping compressed air into caves, companies are racing to develop inventive new solutions to store renewable energy as European nations try to move away from Russian fossil fuels.
Electrochaea from Germany delivers renewable methane technology 90,000 tons of CO 2 savedper year and per plant Project investment of 150 million euro for the construction of the pilot plant With the aim of drastically reducing the high CO 2 emissions inlime and cement production, the power‐to‐methane specialist Electrochaea is working together with the Belgian lime producer Carmeuse, the energy company Engie, the Engie subsidiary Storengy, and the mechanical and plant engineering group John Cockerill. The companies plan to build the first advanced scalable plant to convert CO 2 into ren...