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Slough Pilot Plant

350 kW/ 2.5 MWh at Heathrow

  • Developed to prove Liquid Air technology
  • Used heat from a biomass plant to improve the efficiency of the system.
  • Between 2011 and 2014, successfully underwent a full testing regime at SSE’s biomass plant at Slough Heat and Power in Greater London
  • Operated for the hours equivalent to three years of UK Short Term Operating Reserve service and seasonal TRIAD management in the winter months.
  • Relocated to the University of Birmingham Centre for Cryogenic Energy Storage, to support further testing and academic research