Enel and Brenmiller Energy Inaugurate “TES”, an Innovative Rock-Based Storage System in Tuscany, Italy
Brenmiller Energy and Enel inaugurated the world’s first Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system at the Santa Barbara power plant in Tuscany, Italy. This innovative technology allows energy to be stored as heat, enhancing the power plant's flexibility and supporting industrial decarbonization. The TES can store up to 24MWh of clean heat at temperatures of about 550°C for five hours. The project aims to test performance under real conditions while integrating renewable energy more efficiently. The endeavor is part of a collaboration protocol between Italian and Israeli companies.
- Inauguration of the first TES system, enhancing the flexibility of the power plant.
- Capacity to store 24MWh of heat, providing critical resiliency.
- Potential to accelerate industrial decarbonization and renewable energy integration.
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The pilot is the result of the synergy between Enel and Brenmiller, applied for the first time in the world at the Santa Barbara power plant in
Tuscany, Italy - The technology allows energy to be stored as heat and makes the power plant more flexible, thanks to Brenmiller’s innovative solution, with room to expand the decarbonization of industrial heating demand
Enel and Brenmiller's first-of-its-kind Thermal Energy Storage (“TES”) system at the Santa Barbara power plant in
The goal of this Thermal Energy Storage (“TES”) project is to build an innovative thermal storage system in Santa Barbara, which is completely sustainable and capable of accelerating the energy transition. The integration of the TES system with the existing power plant enables Enel and Brenmiller to test the technology in the field, in challenging operating conditions and on a large scale. The system offers reduced power plant start-up times and greater speed in load variations, which are necessary performance requirements to enable the efficient use of renewable energy. The system can be used to store excess energy produced from renewable sources in the form of heat to offer decarbonization services to industrial customers and to integrate long-term storage solutions with renewable plants.
The TES technology utilizes a two-stage charge and discharge process to provide thermal energy. During the charging phase, steam produced by the Santa Barbara facility passes through pipes to heat adjacent crushed rocks; during the discharging phase, the accumulated heat is released to heat pressurized water and generate steam for electricity. This first-of-its-kind TES system can store up to 24MWh of clean heat at a temperature of about 550°C for five hours, providing critical resiliency to the power plant.
“Flexibility and adequacy are two fundamental components of an efficient and reliable electricity system, which can be supplied more and more efficiently by storage,” said
“This solution makes renewables more reliable, flexible and resilient and can be used to decarbonize sectors that need heat at high temperatures,” said
“Our TES system at Enel’s Santa Barbara power plant in
"Today we are celebrating a successful Italian-Israeli cooperation experience thanks to which
The collaboration between Enel and Brenmiller came about as part of an Italian-Israeli collaboration protocol aimed at accelerating cooperation between Israeli companies and large Italian industries. The project was partly financed by the
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