Kryolens

Cryogenic air energy storage

The Kryolens project aims to research improvement potentials in liquid air energy storage technology based on the current state of science and technology, with the aim of providing a variant that is as efficient as possible depending on the application scenario. At the same time, the degree of technological maturity is to be increased in order to enable large-scale demonstration and commercialisation of LAES technology following the project. In the project, the EE is working on the investigation of the economic prospects of success and the life cycle assessments of the use of LAES technology. On the basis of these analyses, a decision basis is to be created as to whether and to what extent energy storage by means of liquid air is suitable for covering the expected future demand for large-scale power storage facilities.

Supported by: Uniper Technologies GmbH, RWE Power AG and Vattenfall Europe Generation AG

Term of: 2016 – 2019

Contact Persons:
Dr.-Ing. Julian Röder