Birmingham to test liquid air energy storage

摘要

The University of Birmingham has won a £6 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to create a Centre for Cryogenic Energy Storage. The "liquid air" technology could revolutionise the storage of energy, reducing the costs of integrating intermittent generation into the electricity system and ensuring power is available when it is most needed. The new centre was announced as part of the investment of £85 million to support university research announced in mid-July by science minister David Willetts.