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In almost all instances, RheEnergise prioritizes building upon existing knowledge and supply chains in the hydro industry as part of our core strategy to achieve scale. But one key exception is the Main Inlet Valve of our HD Hydro® demonstration plant. Extensive lab testing informed us that the typical spherical ball valve design favoured by the pumped hydro industry is not the best solution for compatibility with our High Density Fluid. This led us to scour the world in search of an innovative valve manufacturer willing to rise to this particular challenge. And our collaboration with Special Alloy Fabricators, where they have spent decades building valves for the most challenging industries in the world, has been worth its weight in gold! SAF has not only the expertise and the technology, but also the enthusiasm to be creative and fully engage with clients to solve their specific problems. This photo shows the final HD Valve products for our demonstrator: the Main Inlet Valves for the turbine (larger) and for the pump (smaller). These valves sailed through their factory acceptance tests (no surprise there!) and are already on-site. In the next week or two they will be lifted into the powerhouse and the mechanical installation can begin! Many thanks to everyone at SAF, Nathan Perrott, Maria Eugenia Aguirre, Amir Emami, Nathan Epp, Mike Robbins, Tahere Dejahang and everyone else we've gotten to know on this journey! As cool as this all is, the best is yet to come...

✨BHA Annual Conference 2024: Hydropower Innovations Panel✨ The BHA is delighted to finalise our Hydropower Innovations panel for our Annual Conference on the 26th and 27th November Chair: Tom Clegg, Fichtner Stephen Crosher, RheEnergise Lessons from building RheEnergise’s first-of-a-kind HD Hydro project RheEnergise’s High-Density Hydro® is a solution that can address the UKs energy storage needs at the speed and scale the climate crisis demands. By activating 100 of the 6,500 identified sites, we can unlock 5.0 GWh of additional pumped-hydro like energy storage by 2040. This talk will discuss the progress of our nearly completed demonstration project, our future vision, and the steps we’re taking to accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy future. Joanna Gray, Jacobs Jacobs’ role in the development of Tidal Range: Levelised Cost of Energy and innovation progression Jo's talk covers Jacobs’ role in the development of tidal hydropower, sharing the findings of the levelised cost of energy study and an update on our very low head tidal turbine innovation progress. Arne Kollandsrud, Tidetec Tidal enhanced marine pumped storage. Arne's talk on "Tidal Enhanced Energy Storage" will focus on the superior efficiency of Tidetec's turbine technology, which achieves over 70% roundtrip efficiency, as supported by simulations conducted by Dr. Ilias Zilakis. In tidal applications, roundtrip efficiency exceeds 140%, outperforming pumped hydro, which achieves 60-80% efficiency only at heads above 40 meters. Tidetec's solution is especially effective below 40 meters, utilizing its four-quadrant function. As renewable energy sources increase intermittency, market demand rises for energy storage solutions. Factors affecting the levelized cost of energy (LCoE) include surplus energy availability, local demand for balancing power, and additional services like wind farm support. Neil Beaumont, Scottish Water Horizons Driving Innovation in Hydro Power This session will delve into Scottish Water Horizons role in developing and delivering Hydro Power projects across Scottish Water’s asset base. It provides an in-depth look at innovative technologies and low carbon techniques used to identify and advance projects across a diverse setting. From industrial sites like Waste Water and Water Treatment Works to locations such as rivers and reservoir Inlets. The session will also include case studies of several projects across Scotland which are paving the way in innovation in terms of generating Hydro Power from Waste Water, siphon Fed Turbines and Water Powering Waste Water sites and so on. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the strategies and ideas that drive sustainable development within these variable environments. Click the link below to find out more and register 👇 https://lnkd.in/eXpqGs32 Kate Gilmartin Will Gallimore lesley trigell Rhianna Rose MEng CEng FICE Steve Isaac Stuart Clark MSc MIESPeter Robinson CEng FICE AECOM Emtec Energy

Don’t miss an exciting roundtable discussion with the LDES Council and global energy leaders from 1:00-2:45 PM on 15 November at #COP29. The roundtable will explore how setting a global energy storage target has the power to enable the #3XRenewables target, along with discussing the benefits of LDES to enable the decarbonisation of energy systems while strengthening energy security and supporting grid flexibility and system reliability. #LDESenablers are essential to deploy #1500GWby2030. Featuring: · Debi Prasad Dash · Alberto Toril Castro · Malcolm Turnbull · Alex Campbell · Julia Souder Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) COP29 Azerbaijan

Clean power 2030: what does it mean for zero/negative prices and energy storage? ⚡️ National Energy System Operator (NESO) have published their advice. The headline: clean power, defined as unabated gas generation providing less than 5% of electricity generation, is a monumental challenge but possible. Flexibility and networks are key. 📈 Rapid increases in flexibility to utilise the almost tripled renewable capacity (typical generation profiles are shown in the first graphic): Battery capacity will need to grow by 380-480%, demand side flexibility by 320-370% and long duration energy storage by 60-180% (see the second graph). All of these sources, in addition to dispatchable plants, can eat into the gas generation required. 📉 How will price patterns change (graph 3 displays the distribution of wholesale prices)? Despite providing under 5% of annual generation, gas (or biomass) would set the wholesale price around 25% of the time, as it remains the marginal unit on the system. Zero/negative prices will comprise 26-30% of hours of the year, up from around 2% so far in 2024. This demonstrates a clear incentive for storage of sufficient duration to shift the low cost energy to further* displace higher carbon and higher cost sources. While the system need is clear, NESO see the complexities of pumped hydro, and limited project deployment potential of other technologies as the main barriers to scaling up long duration energy storage. These are the barriers RheEnergise is innovating to overcome, ensuring the large increase in renewable generation can be utilised. Some of the shortfalls in renewables will however exceed the duration storage can economically provide for, leading to the need for a strategic reserve of gas. 💡 Overall, NESO project a £9-10/MWh drop in wholesale prices from today (£5-6/MWh less than the counterfactual). This would almost offset the additional CAPEX investment required, meaning system cost is similar across the scenarios. However, in the clean power cases, power prices are significantly less sensitive to the international gas markets. Further, much of the infrastructure would remain intact beyond the repayment of its investment cost, enabling a low-cost, low-carbon system into the future. 👏 The plan marks a step up in ambition, and NESO highlights the need for alignment of market design, networks and innovation. RheEnergise is committed to supporting this vision, by providing next-generation energy storage. Please reach out if you'd like to hear more about our solution and how we see it fitting in the evolving system. Find the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gjpRJtDA *Enquired to verify the graph below is after storage modelling #energystorage #cleanpower2030 #cp30 #longdurationenergystorage #ldes #energytransition #netzero