As part of it, Stornetic will deliver a flywheel energy storage device to the French based EDF by June 2017.
Branded as DuraStor, the device will be installed at EDF’s concept grid site located near Paris at Moret-sur-Loing.
EDF R&D Renewables and Storage Program Director Etienne Brière said: “We believe that energy storage solutions will play a key role in the upcoming transformations of the electrical systems.
“Thanks to the unique EDF experimental facility of Concept Grid, we are able to reproduce real distribution networks and test innovative electrical equipment in fully controllable conditions of operation.”
Using DuraStor, grid operators can transform electrical energy into rotation energy before storing it in the device.
Claimed to be a durable solution, DuraStor is said to be designed to cover 1,000,000 charging cycles besides retaining its full capacity throughout its lifetime.
Stornetic Director Olivier Marques-Borras said: “We believe that our flywheel technology can make a real difference. It is ideal for customers with many charging and discharging cycles. This makes it highly interesting for operators of micro grids all around the globe.
“At the EDF Concept Grid site we are going to assess the advantages of our technology. We believe that flywheels will be part of the future of short term energy storage.”
According to Stornetic, the storage device uses advantages of mechanical energy storage and combines them with advantages of modularity and rapid installation.
DuraStor is a mechanical device which doesn’t need any chemicals to operate besides being made of fully recyclable materials, said the German company.
Image: EDF collaborates with Stornetic on a smartgrid storage project in France. Photo: courtesy of Stornetic.
