Center for Energy Storage at Existing Assets (CESEA): A second life for fossil assets to serve the energy transition

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Title

Center for Energy Storage at Existing Assets (CESEA): A second life for fossil assets to serve the energy transition

Issue Date

2023-10

Keyword(s)

• Energy storage -- Illinois
• Power generation -- Illinois
• Fossil fuel power plants -- Illinois

Geographic Coverage

Champaign County Illinois

Abstract

To reduce overall emissions from the electrical power generation sector, the U.S. must increase renewables penetration to the electrical grid. However, this integration creates challenges for grid operators who must ensure reliability and power quality for the entire system with intermittent renewables and other traditional energy sources while meeting the demand from consumers. The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), a unit of the Prairie Research Institute (PRI) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), aims to collaborate with Waste Pressure Corp., Ecotek Engineering USA LLC, and other industry partners to develop the Center for Energy Storage at Existing Assets (CESEA) on the university’s campus. CESEA will focus on long duration energy storage systems that can serve the energy transition by integrating existing infrastructure, which will reduce the initial capital expenditure and demonstrate that it is possible to repurpose fossil assets that would otherwise become stranded.

Publisher

Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

Has Part

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/113494

Series/Report Name or Number

TN Series (Illinois Sustainable Technology Center) ; TN23-148

Type of Resource

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Previous related project: U.S. Department of Energy (DE-FE-0032018)

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