GraviStore Commercial Demonstrator
We are planning for the first full-scale commercial deployment of our GraviStore gravity energy storage system (GESS). The project will deploy a first-of-a-kind underground GESS in an existing mineshaft, to de-risk all the areas of uncertainty that a commercial project developer will need to be proven.
To achieve this, we are working with commercial partners in several jurisdictions in Europe who have expertise in all aspects of project development; including technical, commercial, legal and financial.
At the same time, we are also conducting feasibility studies across the areas of Europe where mines are coming to the end of their life or are already part of a de-commissioning plan. These studies encompass looking at how existing assets and vital skills and knowledge can be re-used, and communities maintained.
This first full-scale project will provide a pathway to other commercial projects and allow our solution to be embedded into mine decommissioning activities, offering a potential future for coal mines approaching the end of their original service life.