The Fraunhofer IWES – StEnSEA – Energy Storage Project is a 5,000kW energy storage project located in Lake Constance, Germany.
The electro-mechanical energy storage project uses others as its storage technology. The project was announced in 2013 and was commissioned in 2017.
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Description
The Fraunhofer IWES – StEnSEA – Energy Storage Project was developed by Fraunhofer-Institut fur Windenergie und Energiesystemtechnik and HOCHTIEF Construction.
The key applications of the project are electric energy time shift, electric supply capacity and renewables energy time shift.
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By GlobalDataFraunhofer-Institut fur Windenergie und Energiesystemtechnik, HOCHTIEF Construction and University of Stuttgart have delivered the energy storage project.
Additional information
The project comprises the development and testing of a novel pumped storage concept for storing large amounts of electrical energy offshore. This marine pumped storage concept utilizes the sea itself as upper storage reservoir and a hollow sphere on the seabed as the lower storage reservoir. Water is being pumped out of the sphere during pumping/charging operation and water flows back into the sphere and drives a turbine coupled to a generator during generation/discharging operation.
About HOCHTIEF Construction
HOCHTIEF Construction AG is a service-oriented construction company, that engages in the construction and development of shopping centers and malls and a broad spectrum of residential complexes.
Methodology
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