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					</table><p>A Denmark-based firm, <a href="https://www.hyme.energy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hyme Energy</a>, has developed a novel energy storage system that uses a type of salt known as sodium hydroxide, known to have exceptional heat storage capabilities and can withstand temperatures up to 1,292°F.</p>
<p>Hyme Energy&#8217;s storage system can store more energy by utilizing this high-temperature salt, making it more efficient than conventional systems.</p>
<p>Additionally, sodium hydroxide is cost-effective, improving the system&#8217;s overall efficiency.</p>
<p>The company said that when Hyme&#8217;s system uses heat instead of just generating electricity, it can achieve efficiencies exceeding 90%. It currently has its sights set on the industrial and residential markets that require heat.</p>
<p>Numerous potential storage solutions are being developed, including large-scale batteries and compressed air storage in underground vaults, all of which aim to ensure an uninterrupted electricity supply during low wind and solar power availability.</p>
<p>The team said this energy storage system could amass significant amounts of energy and hold it for up to 24 hours, surpassing the eight-hour discharge capability of lithium-ion storage systems.</p>
<p>Molten salt represents an alternative energy storage method, which involves heating the salts using excess energy from solar and wind sources and later utilizing the stored heat to power a turbine when there is an energy shortage.</p>
<p>Molten salt technology is already utilized in concentrated solar power systems.</p>
<p>However, a significant drawback of this method is that the most used salts, namely sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate, must reach a higher temperature, resulting in a low efficiency of approximately 70% for electricity delivery.</p>
<p><strong>Demonstration System</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Hyme Energy is working on two demonstration facilities for its innovative energy storage system.</p>
<p>The first is a 1.5-MW storage unit in Esbjerg, which will be commissioned this year as an integration project to test components and system integration. The second, a larger 15-20 MWh facility, is planned for Denmark&#8217;s energy island, Bornholm, in 2024.</p>
<p>Hyme&#8217;s system uses two storage tanks and sodium hydroxide, a cost-effective and efficient salt. It will replace an oil boiler in a cogeneration plant, providing the district with steam, power, and heat.</p>
<p>Seaborg Technologies, Hyme&#8217;s sister company, has developed a corrosion control system that allows molten salt to be used in small modular nuclear reactors without causing damage.</p>
<p>If successful, this energy storage method could reduce reliance on fossil fuels and provide power during low wind and solar energy.</p>
<p>Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/researchers-find-solar-pv-storage-systems" target="_blank" rel="noopener">developed</a> a solution that combines power from renewable sources with electricity from the public grid and uses batteries to compensate for fluctuations.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, researchers at the Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, China, and Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/crab-shells-could-power-rechargeable-batteries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> to upcycle crab shells into porous, carbon-filled materials with various uses, including using the crab carbon to create anode materials for sodium-ion batteries.</p>
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<p><strong style="text-decoration: underline">Gautamee,</strong> Staff reporter at Mercom India<br />
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