pv magazine
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Thermal energy storage developer Brenmiller Energy has finished commissioning a bGen thermal storage-based co-generation station at the State University of New York (SUNY) Purchase. It is expected to slash around 550 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions every year.
The project was developed along with the New York Power Authority and partially financed by a grant from the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation. Brenmiller intends to hand over the system to the university after training in mid-January.
The company’s thermal energy storage system essentially uses crushed rocks to store the energy from renewables or the grid, Gideon Sharir, managing director, U.S., at Brenmiller Energy, told pv magazine USA. The system heats this energy to up to 1200°F, via internal heaters, and stores it until it is ready to be discharged on-demand in the form of clean steam, hot water, or air, Sharir said.
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