High-rise building energy storage power station

IIASA researchers have come up with a new energy storage concept that could turn tall buildings into batteries to improve the power quality in urban settings. Article republished from International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

In their study published in the journal Energy, IIASA researchers propose a novel gravitational-based storage solution that uses lifts and empty apartments in tall buildings to store energy.

Techno-economic-environmental feasibility is analyzed applied in high-rise buildings. This study presents a robust energy planning approach for hybrid photovoltaic and wind energy systems with battery and hydrogen vehicle storage technologies in a typical high-rise residential building considering different vehicle-to-building schedules.

It can be identified that few techno-economic feasibility studies focus on high-rise building applications within the urban context considering different transporting schedules of hydrogen vehicle groups. And most existing design optimization studies are limited to stationary hydrogen storage.

This original idea the authors call Lift Energy Storage Technology (LEST), stores energy by lifting wet sand containers or other high-density materials, which are transported remotely in and out of a lift with autonomous trailer devices.

With the rapid reduction in the costs of renewable energy generation, such as wind and solar power, there is a growing need for energy storage technologies to make sure that electricity supply and demand are balanced properly.