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Geomechanical Energy Storage

 

A note about Quidnet Energy

Hunt Consolidated, a Quidnet Energy partner, has acquired the company’s Geomechanical Energy Storage technology and will continue exploring how to optimize it for future energy projects.

To learn more about the solutions Hunt Consolidated offers for energy assets in ERCOT, visit https://www.huntconsolidated.com/.

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How it Works

The entire module is produced with conventional drilling processes and standardized hydro-mechanical power conversion subcomponents. Modules operate with a closed-loop water system, designed for conservation against evaporative loss. Compatible geologies for siting the modules are non-hydrocarbon bearing and found abundantly throughout the world, intersecting with major electricity transmission and distribution networks.

Standard Module Design

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When there is surplus electricity, it is used to pump water from a pond down a well and held under pressure.

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The well is closed, keeping the energy stored under pressure for as long as needed.

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When electricity is needed, the well is opened to let the pressurized water pass through a turbine to generate electricity, and return to the pond ready for the next cycle.

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When there is surplus electricity, it is used to pump water from a pond down a well and held under pressure.

2.

The well is closed, keeping the energy stored under pressure for as long as needed.

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When electricity is needed, the well is opened to let the pressurized water pass through a turbine to generate electricity, and return to the pond ready for the next cycle.

Advantages

Geomechanical energy storage has significant advantages over other long-duration storage technologies

Structural Cost Advantage

for delivering firm power

Mature Execution Supply Chain

GW/year deployment potential

Modular, Long-Duration Storage

1-10 MW per module

Standardized Production Process

Sub-components are standardized and interchangeable

24/7

— firm power

10-100+

— hours of storage

Spotlight

Quidnet exhibits modular geomechanical energy storage tech ad inagural Breakthrough Energy Summit

In October 2022, Quidnet presented their modular Geomechanical Pumped Storage (GPS) technology at the first ever Breakthrough Energy Summit. Quidnet was one of the first companies selected for funding by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the investment division of Breakthrough Energy.

At the Breakthrough Energy Summit, Quidnet CEO Joe Zhou introduced Bill Gates and Roki Guidero to a wellhead from an early GPS installation.

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Quidnet Energy presenting their technology at Breakthrough Energy Summit 2022

Quidnet Energy to Receive $10M in Federal Funding to Commercialize Clean Energy Technology

The Department of Energy’s ARPA-E division selected Quidnet as one of just eight companies to receive funding through the 2022 iteration of SCALEUP, an initiative which supports energy technologies determined to be feasible for commercialization. The agency awarded Quidnet $10 million to support the company’s previously announced project with CPS Energy, the largest municipal utility in the U.S.

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