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Azelio has developed a long-duration energy storage technology, TES.POD, that provides affordable electricity and usable heat for all hours of the day, with zero emissions. Azelio’s system charges with energy from renewable sources such as solar PV and stores the energy as heat in recycled aluminium. The heat is dispatched from the storage on demand to a Stirling engine, supplying combined heat and power at a total efficiency of up to 90% A scalable and easy to install solution, the TES.POD's versatility aims to benefit residential communities and public services with no access to electricity, or those on the fringe of grid locations, and provide a reliable platform for the sustainable growth of industries. Find out more about how it works below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXb-WS-hAGk
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Global electrification is happening! From transportation to food production and manufacturing, every industry is busy innovating new ways to use renewable energy and create a more sustainable society. But clean energy sources like wind and solar need another technology to enable their introduction on the scale needed to achieve a truly renewable society: energy storage. At Azelio, we want to support green innovations and technologies by providing long-duration energy storage (LDES), a solution which works with renewables to supply clean, affordable power around-the-clock. By unlocking the use of solar even during night-time hours, other green solutions and technologies can scale faster and make a positive impact in all areas of our lives. Many different types of cleantech can benefit from a reliable 24/7 supply of electricity from an LDES system. For example, our solution is used in combination with Eshara Water on an Atmospheric Water Generation (AWG) project at Khalifa University’s MISP in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This fantastic application can produce drinking water directly from the air around us, which can be a game changer in water-scarce areas! Through the inclusion of a TES.POD energy storage solution, the AWG can work day and night to produce the maximum amount of water, powered completely by renewable solar power. To learn more about how the Azelio TES.POD can enable a society powered by clean energy, feel free to visit our website: https://www.azelio.com
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Yes can’t wait to learn more about your technology. I am based in Gothenburg Sweden too.
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Let's scale long energy storage solutions! These are more than needed if we want to achieve our transition to renewable energies and reach the goals of the Paris Agreement
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As we strive to achieve the renewable transition, understanding how society uses and consumes energy - and knowing the difference between terms like kW and kWh - can be really useful. Take a look... ⚡ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGjDTjP2QkI
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Reliable electricity is an enabler for clean water – and some communities around the world still don’t have access to either! ⚡💧 🔽 Interesting article from the BBC today, bringing attention to the link between South Africa’s unreliable electricity supply – with its frequent load shedding – and a lack of clean water impacting many areas of the country. Did you know that long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies are part of the solution? They can harness energy from renewable sources like solar and make it available as clean power around-the-clock. That means stable and affordable electricity for use in water pumping, desalination, or purification, whenever or wherever these processes are needed. Azelio’s TES.POD system is supplying clean electricity for sustainable agriculture in the Northwest province of South Africa, as well as in Atmospheric Water Generation (AWG) in a groundbreaking project in Abu Dhabi today. Take a look through our feed here on We Don't Have Time, to find out more about these installations! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65933882
South African taps run dry after power shortages
Electricity problems have led to water shortages and those with money are digging their own boreholes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65933882
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Azelio is the solution to South Africa woes.
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To reach net-zero we need deep CO2 cuts across all sectors - but which industries emit the most, how much do they need to cut by 2050, and how can energy storage help? Take a look! 🌍⚡ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guMJGNP_0y8
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It should be achieved in all cause
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Power outages are becoming more common around the world today. Even when short and planned, supply interruptions can severely affect both families and businesses, as we see in South Africa right now. Traditional methods of navigating blackouts with backup generators running on diesel are expensive and polluting, but energy storage solutions like Azelio’s TES.POD can help. They work together with renewable sources such as solar, to make clean power available around-the-clock — so communities access reliable electricity and heat, without the need to turn to fossil fuels. Society’s overuse of fossil fuels has not only created a climate that is causing parts of our earth to be uninhabitable, but it’s also impacting energy grids across the globe. Be it due to excessive fuel prices, supply chain disruption, inability to manage surging demand with an aging infrastructure, or extreme weather disrupting the grid - power outages continue to occur in many countries, and can be devastating for vulnerable communities and small businesses. As an example, let’s look at the current situation in South Africa. South Africa: A quality-of-life crisis caused by unreliable power grids In South Africa, the energy costs and frequent blackouts have reached calamitous levels. The South African government recently declared a National State of Disaster to help deal with the consequences of the frequent power disruptions. To try and bring some predictability to the situation, the country utilizes daily load-shedding outages — regional blackouts that intend to control the energy demand and reduce the strain on the energy grid — to prevent unscheduled power outages. However, even with these efforts, the consequences remain severe. Earlier this year in the North West province of South Africa, a power outage affected ventilation systems in a chicken farm, causing the tragic death of 50,000 chickens. Decentralized, stable energy systems can alleviate these problems, but they need to run on clean power to be financially and environmentally sustainable. To make renewable power like solar energy available for critical operations and processes throughout the day and night-time, there needs to be energy storage in the system. Long-duration energy storage (LDES) has the benefit of smoothing out dips in energy supply, adding flexibility and grid balancing, and offering a solution to help decrease the need for load-shedding. In South Africa, we are working with Wee Bee Ltd. to power a farm with our TES.POD LDES solution, charging it from solar panels to provide dispatchable electricity. With this solution, their annual CO2 emissions will be reduced by 323 tonnes compared to the current, fossil-based grid. Read more about this project on our website: https://www.azelio.com/press-release/azelio-signs-order-in-south-africa-for-8-units-of-its-renewable-energy-storage-tes-pod/
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Thank you for showing that renewables can be a sustainable alternative for countries with an outdated and unadapted energy system like South Africa, very insightful!
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I agree that we require good storage solutions since renewable energy is not always available
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We just passed 20,000 followers here on We Don't Have Time! Thanks to you all - we're proud to have you with us as we strive to bring reliable renewable power to those struggling to access it today. 🎉⚡🔽 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NtFACod5rgE
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Wow welcome
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Congrats! It's great to have you here 💚🤩
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Julia Souder, CEO of the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council, tells us about the organization’s mission, and why LDES technologies will remain a vital component in the energy systems of tomorrow. Communities around the world today are grappling with changes and challenges. We’re already seeing the impact of the climate crisis, and we need to cut carbon emissions across all sectors to be able to meet our net zero targets. We face the biggest test of our time and to pass it, we have to develop an energy system that fully utilizes renewable sources while providing us with an affordable and secure power supply. For this to happen, there’s a critical component which must be included – that’s long-duration energy storage. LDES technologies are integral to helping us decarbonize at the lowest cost for society. It’s urgent that we move now and get to scale quickly, and LDES has benefits ranging from reaching global decarbonization goals and providing equity in disadvantaged communities, to offering the flexible, reliable, and secure solution to renewable energy curtailment that governments and utilities around the world are searching for. That’s why, in 2021, the LDES Council was launched at COP26 in Glasgow. We provide guidance on this crucial topic, giving a unique voice to LDES and bringing together developers and technology providers from the four different categories in the market. Our aim is to validate, promote, and accelerate deployment of these technologies – arming customers, project developers, manufacturers, and capital providers with the insights and data they need to embrace this enabler of the clean energy transition. We’re a fact-based, independent organization, and we provide reports for stakeholders to use to build this marketplace. Our Net Zero Power report, published in 2021, was a groundbreaking moment for the industry, highlighting not only the acute need for LDES in society, but also just what an enormous opportunity it presents. Since the report came out, the collective understanding of legislators, industries and consumers on the role of LDES has been growing every day – but there’s work to be done. As an example, not many people realize, but there’s an inflection point for renewable energy being integrated into the wider system. When you introduce renewable energy into the system up to around 60%, it can more or less cope – with some grids supported by battery systems, short and long-duration energy storage. Once you exceed 60% renewables – as we know we have to – it’s LDES that becomes essential. At a high level of renewable penetration, LDES scales up and prices come down. That’s when long-duration solutions really provide the flexibility needed to manage new streams of clean energy, allowing the system to stabilize – and balancing supply and demand. LDES is key to our future energy systems, and we’ll see investment in these technologies increasing all the time, along with a higher rate of deployment in the years to come. The market potential is huge. Total investment in LDES capex required by 2040, to support the realization of our net zero goals, is as much as 4 trillion USD. Our goal is to see 8 TW of LDES capacity installed worldwide during that time. If we reach those targets, we can expect $540 billion USD in cumulative cost savings. The LDES Council’s diverse membership is growing all the time. These companies are ready to fulfill this need for long-duration storage with innovative solutions, many of which are commercially available today. Sometimes there seems to be a myth that LDES solutions are not commercially mature, and this just isn’t the case – the technology is primed to scale-up to meet our emission reduction goals over the coming decade. What’s more, some LDES technologies out there today in the marketplace address both power and heat decarbonization. Azelio is a founding technology member of the LDES Council, and their long-duration thermal energy storage system is an example of a solution supplying combined heat and power. Heat is an important part the renewable transition. The LDES Council published our Net Zero Heat report last year during COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Heat represents our biggest energy need, and we have to consider the whole eco-system when deciding how to make improvements to the energy infrastructure. LDES plays a central role by delivering storage, heat, and electricity – all from renewable sources. Our members offer many great long-duration technologies, and if legislators on the level of the EU and the US government do even more to promote and incentivize LDES, there is cause for optimism leading into 2040 and beyond. It’s inspiring to see how long-duration solutions can de-risk the green transition and provide the certainty we need as we scale up our use of solar, wind and other clean sources. The LDES Council will continue to provide pathways – sharing guidance, showcasing solutions, and demonstrating strong business cases for LDES. As countries evaluate LDES technologies, the decisions must be made in a measured and inclusive way. There are many benefits to LDES and a diversity of solutions available that range from thermal systems like Azelio’s, to chemical, electrochemical, and mechanical solutions. We must accelerate our shift to the clean energy system of tomorrow – for industries, cities, and everyone needing reliable renewable power. LDES has arrived, and it’s not going anywhere. Julia Souder, Brussels, May 2023 Find more insights on long-duration energy storage on Azelio's website.
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Honestly if we can effectively store energy for long periods then we would have made a huge step in sustainability.
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Very Interesting
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When we leave fossil fuels behind and decarbonize our energy sector, the system of tomorrow will look very different! ⚡ 🔽 Take a look... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OZhFNglM7U
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This will be phenomenal
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Yes, it'll be beautiful
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One of the major ways to curb future adverse climatic conditions
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We need to secure our food and water supply chains, to feed our growing population as it enters a future with a warmer and more unpredictable climate. There are many different solutions to solve this complex problem, and one key ingredient is decentralized, long-duration energy storage (LDES). This technology harnesses excess renewable energy, making it available when it’s needed most. Food and water security is severely lacking in many parts of the world. With the warming climate, this is only expected to get worse as our lands become increasingly arid and damage from extreme weather disrupts our food, water, and energy infrastructure. There are no easy answers to this problem — it’s a systemic issue needing the urgent attention of an array of stakeholders. Nevertheless, decentralized long-duration energy storage can make a valuable contribution. Azelio’s TES.POD solution can provide stable energy to water and food supply chains, granting them the security of power supply they need to deliver clean water and sustainably produced food. This is a huge difference maker in locations with unreliable grids, where fossil fuels are often burned as a back-up source of energy. Already today, we are seeing freshwater sources becoming more saline and food supply chains being disrupted by climate-related events. This will only get worse, and there is a clear need for action. TES.POD thermal energy storage is already available and supplying clean electricity in installations located around the world. It can be used to power water desalination plants or critical farming processes around-the-clock, in combination with renewable sources like solar. With the strategic global deployment of LDES solutions such as this, it’s possible to achieve accessible and affordable clean power in areas that are vulnerable, due to geo-political or climate-related events. Communities everywhere can benefit from clean energy storage, a bold solution enabling renewable water purification and sustainable agriculture. Want to learn more about how the TES.POD works? Visit our website: https://bit.ly/3BrbmVT
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This is so important! We need communities to have access to stable clean energy
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Clean energy storage really is needed, and it is great to read that you are working on it!
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Another startling climate warning today, as researchers advise we will begin testing a key global temperature limit in the coming years! 🌍⚠ We have the knowledge to enable positive action, but governments and legislators must do more to incentivize and support the deployment of market ready solutions to help counteract the overheating of our world. A leading clean technology is long-duration energy storage (LDES). It provides a clear pathway to introducing renewable energy at the levels needed to decarbonize our industries and economies. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65602293
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What a shame
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Government and legislators have really failed to combat climate change.
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Lots of solar energy is wasted in society today! Harnessing it would accelerate the renewable transition, and long-duration energy storage (LDES) is the key. ☀️⚡ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cslF8-C1gHc
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The power losses should be taken care of, Azelio is had done wonders in improving batteries.
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interesting
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Sounds great
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Imagine combining renewable sources like solar and long-duration energy storage (LDES) to produce drinking water straight from the air - it's happening today! 💧☀️ Azelio’s TES.POD energy storage solution is part of a world first solar-powered atmospheric water generation (AWG) project at Khalifa University’s MISP in Abu Dhabi, where it enables the supply of clean power to the system during night-time hours. ⚡ ▶️ Read more about this exciting development on the path towards a reliable and sustainable supply for water-scarce areas: https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/sustainable-system-for-off-grid-clean-production-of-on-demand-electricity-and-fresh-water-started-mawyik0w
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A good example
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Great example
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Really a great example!
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If we break our dependence on fossil fuels and switch to 100% renewable energy, how will life be different? ⚡ 🔽 Take a look... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HaAZxjKGOQ
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Life would really be enjoyable.
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I love visionary messages like this! There is really a better world beyond fossil fuels, we just need to see it.
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A better world is ours for the taking, literally
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The availability of Azelio's TES.POD® energy storage system has been validated by leading certification body DNV. ⚡ Azelio has received a validation report showing that its TES.POD system availability is 98% (excluding time for planned maintenance), over a 90-day period of analysis. TES.POD long-duration energy storage charges from renewable sources like solar or wind, making them available when and where they're needed, in the form of dispatchable electricity and heat on demand. "Being able to demonstrate the availability of our energy storage solution…is an important step in the commercialization of the TES.POD system,” says Jonas Wallmander, CEO of Azelio. ▶️ Want to know more? Azelio today published a white paper on its TES.POD system availability – find it in our archive: https://bit.ly/3VNqB4X
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great job
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Kudos @Azelio
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A huge leap and well done Azelio.
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Carrot farming has emerged as one of the highly valued and lucrative economic activities in Kenya as the country, under the Ministry of Agriculture, continues to advocate for agribusiness. As a result, most small-scale farmers are opting for carrot farming in Kenya due to the high yields from even a small piece of land. With a shorter maturity period compared to other crops like maize and coffee, carrots also require minimal attention and are easy to manage. Carrots in Kenya are mainly grown for the local market where they are consumed when fresh or processed while others are packed and exported to foreign markets. This carrot plating guide gives you all the details you need to know for successful and profitable carrot farming in Kenya.
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Great information that educates
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This is important information
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Here I am learning something I did not know
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How can we make natural energy resources like solar and wind truly reliable and available for longer periods? ▶️ The solution: long-duration energy storage, or LDES! Curious to know more? Take a look at this fantastic LDES factsheet from climate innovation think tank, Future Cleantech Architects. This infographic illustrates the many benefits associated with long-duration energy storage technologies, what we need to do to achieve widespread deployment, and how LDES can decarbonize the electrical grid! ⚡ https://fcarchitects.org/the-basics-the-gaps-ldes/
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Azelio transitioning the world!.
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In its ongoing Energy Storage Insights series, Azelio breaks down everything you need to know about storage technologies. In the final part, we look at how energy storage can tackle climate change and help us reach net-zero. Climate change is here, and it’s one of the greatest challenges of our time. As we race to cut emissions sufficiently to stay within the 1.5°C pre-industrial level limit set out in the Paris Agreement, there are technological solutions we can turn to. One of them is long-duration energy storage, or LDES. The time of fossil fuels is over We can see which sectors of society are huge emitters of CO2 today. These include agriculture and energy use in industry, which often take place in remote locations, far from the grid. In these areas, and across all parts of society, gaining a reliable alternative to a failing grid and fossil fuels is essential to reducing the impact of climate change and decarbonizing our economies. Until now, burning of fossil fuels has often been the only means of receiving stable energy in fringe-of-grid or off-grid areas. With LDES systems out on the market and commercially viable, this no longer has to be the way our communities and industries source their energy. Connecting communities with clean power As the world electrifies at an unprecedented rate, LDES is the key to connecting rural areas with a weak grid, or no access whatsoever. It works with wind, solar, and other clean technologies, storing energy for prolonged periods. For the first time, these natural resources become controllable. What does this mean? When the wind disappears or the sun goes down, an LDES system like Azelio’s TES.POD (which belongs to the thermal energy storage technology category) can take over. It adds the control function to intermittent renewables by making these available around-the-clock, as electricity and heat which are dispatchable the moment the user needs them. That’s how LDES solutions such as TES.POD can supply the baseload – or the minimum electrical grid demand – using clean energy sources. A widespread deployment of long-duration energy storage can achieve the global green transition, by delivering a platform for all industries to reduce their GHG emissions. With countries and companies setting ambitious decarbonization goals, LDES can enable them to succeed, and build a more sustainable society for all of us.
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Extremely enlightening
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Very good series, I really like that you show that LDES can be used by rural communities that are often left behind in the green transition!
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thank you for the enlightenment
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Azelio's TES.POD long-duration energy storage solution is working with solar PV to supply a farm in South Africa with on demand electricity. Take a look! 🔽⚡ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usi9ERs0gCc
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With climate change upon us, governments around the world are developing sustainable city projects offering a glimpse of life without fossil fuel dependence. Which clean technologies will green cities contain, and why is long-duration energy storage the most important one of all? To mitigate the effects of global warming and reach our decarbonization goals, we need to adapt the way we do things today. That’s why governments and local authorities in countries the world over are re-thinking the planning of cities, communal living spaces, and surrounding infrastructure. Now more than ever, the concept of environmentally and socially responsible urban areas is an appealing one. Innovative solutions can enable us to transform our cities and build new ones in a smarter way. Moreover, as modern living spaces will be enormously reliant on renewable energy to source their power, long-duration energy storage – or LDES – will play a vital role in making this vision a reality. Here are some of the exciting innovations we can expect to find in tomorrow’s climate-friendly cities, all of which are underpinned by existing LDES solutions. One: Solar panels Many renewable cities will have solar technologies installed to capture and make use of abundant sunlight, but to achieve a high renewable penetration we need to deploy sufficient energy storage capacity. Solar is an intermittent energy source. To maximize use of it, LDES is required to add a control function. By storing excess solar energy generated during the day for use at night (or during periods of low availability), we can make it more accessible and cost-effective for city residents and businesses. Two: Wind turbines The sun isn’t the only natural resource we can do more to harness! Smart cities will also incorporate other renewable energy sources, and wind is a leading technology. Wind turbines need long-duration energy storage to help manage fluctuations in power output, caused by variations in wind speed. Three: Electric vehicles (EVs) and advanced transportation We’re already seeing the shift toward electric vehicles on our roads. This is set to further increase in the renewable cities to come, where driving an electric car or commuting on an electric bus will be the norm. Long-duration energy storage is part of the EV revolution. LDES will be used to store excess clean energy during low demand periods, and supply electricity during peaks or overnight, to ensure consistent EV charging. In the near future, we may see autonomous vehicles and other advanced transportation systems introduced to reduce congestion and emissions. These systems will also require reliable renewable energy, with different types of LDES ready to ensure its availability for prolonged periods of days, weeks, or seasonally. Four: A smart energy grid The city of tomorrow needs the grid of tomorrow. As our population centers undergo a renewable re-design, smart grid systems will be needed to offer flexibility, and balance supply and demand. This becomes especially important with the introduction of new clean energy streams on a large scale. Such optimization can be provided with the deployment of decentralized LDES. Five: Desalination and purification For cities in water scarce regions, desalination and purification will be critical. These are energy intensive processes which need to run continuously on renewables. LDES adds resiliency with the provision of clean power supply, day and night. Six: Hydroponic agriculture and vertical farming In smart cities we’ll likely be buying more food locally. The reason for this? Vertical farms or hydroponic greenhouses in densely populated areas, where there’s limited space for more traditional methods of growing. Because vertical farming can take place close to where we reside, it saves on transportation, reducing cost and CO2 emissions. It also requires less water than horizontal farming, while boosting yields. This makes it a leading type of agriculture for the green city model. However, vertical and hydroponic processes do provide a challenge. They need to maintain a controlled environment year-round, with constant regulation of lighting and temperature. This requirement can be met with renewable energy sources, when combined with LDES. Find out more about hydroponic agriculture and how it benefits from long-duration energy storage here. Seven: Intelligent building systems Energy efficiency is a big part of the renewable transition. The next generation of city will include buildings designed with advanced systems to optimize energy use and reduce waste. LDES is a technology which can capture excess energy and put it to use. As an example, some types of thermal energy storage (TES) systems can utilize heat to generate electricity. Eight: Data centers Each of us already has a huge digital footprint and much like today, future cities will need to host data centers. Large groups of servers use a lot of energy to store and process vast amounts of information. To run these centers sustainably and continuously, long-duration energy storage is needed to supply cost-efficient electricity. The solution for a renewable city In the absence of fossil fuel generation, industries within our future cities will depend on accessible and affordable clean electricity and heat, delivered from a smart and flexible grid. The energy system must integrate renewables at the levels needed to achieve net-zero, while balancing supply and demand. It’s a complex task, but long-duration energy storage will get us there. It can supply stable clean power in a technologically advanced city, helping drive everything from sustainable agriculture to decarbonized transportation. That’s why LDES is the central technology enabling all others in the city of tomorrow. What are we doing at Azelio? Azelio’s LDES system, TES.POD®, charges with renewable sources such as solar PV and stores energy in a recycled aluminum alloy. The system generates clean electricity and heat, available on demand to close the 24-hour supply cycle.
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Mycket mycket viktigt! Undrar hur många människor som eg förstår vilket skifte vi står inför.
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governments ... take note
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Such an inspiring article! Thank you for sharing!
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Our TES.POD long-duration energy storage solution has passed one year of operation in Abu Dhabi! ⚡ Find out more 🔽 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-f_v2dOD7E
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Azelio always doing great for a smooth transition.
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It's great to be here at Space Stockholm, where we’re proudly attending We Don't Have Time’s Energy & Security Day! 💚 It’s inspiring and fascinating to listen to the business leaders, experts, and influencers coming together during this Stockholm Climate Week, to discuss urgently needed actions for countering global warming. Energy solutions are a huge part of this. We live in uncertain times - with unstable grids, fossil fuel dependence, and rising electricity prices. Long-duration energy storage (LDES) like Azelio's TES.POD solution is needed to maximize use of solar and wind - now more than ever! Decentralized LDES is essential to delivering not only the renewable energy transition, but a secure supply for everyone around the world struggling to access affordable power. ⚡
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Have we reached a critical turning point in the shift toward renewables, and a more climate-friendly energy system? 🌍🔌 💡 Earlier this week, energy analyst Ember released its Global Electricity Review 2023. 📢 The key finding: for the first time, we’re likely to see an annual reduction in global electricity generated from coal, oil, or gas - independent of a worldwide recession or pandemic. That's very positive news! Breaking our reliance on fossil fuels in the energy sector means significantly reducing CO2 emissions and setting a course for further growth in solar, wind, and other clean technologies. ⚠️ But the turning point is not the end of the game - there is still a long way to go. ⚡ To fully decarbonize our electricity generation – and before it's too late to reach our climate goals – we need to maximize renewable penetration by deploying long-duration energy storage (LDES) on a large scale. Decentralized LDES harnesses energy from intermittent clean sources and makes it available for prolonged periods as electricity - which is dispatchable whenever it’s needed by the end-user. LDES is a reliable platform on which to build the renewable energy system of tomorrow, at the lowest cost to society. ▶️ Read the full report: https://bit.ly/3GyAGw8
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In its ongoing Energy Storage Insights series, Azelio breaks down everything you need to know about storage technologies. In part four, we examine the difference between long-duration energy storage and batteries. It’s difficult to talk about energy storage without mentioning batteries, or battery energy storage systems (BESS). So, what does a battery do? Here’s a useful definition: Battery: A container in which chemical energy is converted into electricity, and used as a power source. The chemical reaction aside, you could say that all long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies work in a similar way to batteries, in the sense that they store energy and release it so that we can be supplied with power. Of course, LDES comes in varying technological categories and works in different ways – as we covered in part three of our Energy Storage Insights series. The electrochemical LDES category includes battery technologies, and electrochemical flow batteries are a good example of this type of LDES solution. Battery technologies today That’s a broad similarity, but we’re here to consider the main differences between LDES and BESS. There are many types of batteries available today, but when we talk about industrial installations powered by batteries, the focus is often on Lithium-ion, or L-ion. This is a rechargeable battery using the reversible reduction of lithium ions to store energy. L-ion batteries are in our lives a lot. We use them in consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and for larger energy storage projects, where L-ion batteries typically work well for a duration of 4-6 hours. This marks them out as different to most LDES solutions. For example, systems such as Azelio’s TES.POD thermal LDES meet the need for 8-18 hour flexibility. Why is this important? It means that when working with solar, LDES systems can take over supply of power when the sun disappears. LDES can cover the complete 24-hour supply cycle with renewable energy. If employing batteries alone, that’s something which can only be managed with a large quantity – proving potentially costly for a project. Another key difference between the technologies lies in recycling. With climate change upon us, it’s increasingly important for businesses and end-users to embrace sustainable solutions. Today it can be difficult to recycle L-ion batteries at end of life, with ongoing research looking to develop improved methods of recycling. This is in contrast to an LDES system such as TES.POD, which is 99% recyclable at the end of its 30-year lifespan. Working together Ultimately, LDES and batteries can form a great team! The technologies work well together in renewable microgrids or hybrid systems, which are localized and have defined boundaries. Batteries provide fast start properties, while LDES offers increased storage duration. Next time in Energy Storage Insights In the final part of Azelio’s series, the focus shifts to our climate, and how energy storage can help us cut CO2 emissions and mitigate the impact of global warming. In the meantime, find more insights and information on long-duration energy storage as a climate solution on our website.
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Learning a lot with this series! Thank you
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Renewable energy storage is essential to achieving the net-zero transition in Australia! This is the message from the country’s science agency, CSIRO, which published its Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap report last week. Here are some of the headlines: ⚡ Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) needs a 10-to-14-fold increase in storage capacity between 2025-2050. ⚡ As electricity demand surges across multiple sectors including transportation and building, all forms of energy storage have a big role to play – including long-duration thermal technologies, such as Azelio’s TES.POD solution. ⚡ Energy storage is vital to increasing renewable penetration while stabilizing the grid. It’s great to see the momentum building for long-duration energy storage (LDES), which can help Australia - and the rest of the world - to decarbonize at the lowest cost to society. ▶️ Take a look at the full report: https://bit.ly/3U93px8
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Azelio doing amazing works in the energy storage sector.
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