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A revolution in mass electricity storage : ENOGIA will design and deliver the supercritical CO2 turbomachinery of the SCO2OP-TES project

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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Capitalizing on more than a decade of high technology turbomachinery research and development, ENOGIA was selected as the main turbomachinery manufacturing partner of the SCO2OP-TES project.

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  • Capitalizing on more than a decade of high technology turbomachinery research and development, ENOGIA was selected as the main turbomachinery manufacturing partner of the SCO2OP-TES project.
  • ENOGIA will design, engineer, manufacture and test the main supercritical CO2 turbomachines used in this project where a groundbreaking Carnot battery architecture will be developed and tested by the partners of the project.
  • This project emphasizes ENOGIA's recognized ability to develop cutting-edge supercritical CO2 turbomachinery, acquired through years of research and several development projects (including the H2020 I-Therm project).
  • Total funding of the project is 4,7M€, including a grant of 875,5 k€ for ENOGIA to support its activities in the project critical hot sCO2 turbomachinery design, manufacturing and testing.

Heliogen Announces Major Milestones in Concentrated Solar Technology Project with Woodside Energy and U.S. Department of Energy

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
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Heliogen, Inc. (NYSE: HLGN) (the “Company”), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrating solar energy technology, has completed two key product development milestones related to its Capella Project, the world’s first fully integrated Gen3 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) commercial demonstration.

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  • Heliogen, Inc. (NYSE: HLGN) (the “Company”), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrating solar energy technology, has completed two key product development milestones related to its Capella Project, the world’s first fully integrated Gen3 Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) commercial demonstration.
  • Together, these two milestones are essential to deploy Heliogen’s centrifugal particle receiver in the Capella Project, a collaboration with Woodside Energy (USA) Inc. (NYSE: WDS) and a funding award from the U.S. Department of Energy.
  • For Heliogen, the completed project milestones move the project closer to harnessing heat from the sun that will become electrical power.
  • “These milestones represent exciting progress in our collaboration to demonstrate the potential of Heliogen’s innovative, concentrated solar energy technology,” said Jason Crusan, Vice President, New Energy Growth and Solutions at Woodside.

Westinghouse Long Duration Energy Storage Solution Selected for Department of Energy Program in Alaska

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Friday, September 22, 2023
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Westinghouse Electric Company announced today the Department of Energy has selected its project to deploy a 1.2 GWh utility-scale long-duration energy storage system in Healy, Alaska in support of planned wind power.

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  • Westinghouse Electric Company announced today the Department of Energy has selected its project to deploy a 1.2 GWh utility-scale long-duration energy storage system in Healy, Alaska in support of planned wind power.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230922412610/en/
    Westinghouse is advancing a long-duration energy storage solution that supports adding clean energy resources to the grid.
  • Westinghouse is partnered with Golden Valley Electric Association, Echogen Power Systems, ASRC Energy Services, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and Shell Global Solutions US.
  • By providing long-duration energy storage, this project will help enable us to better utilize the renewable resources that are abundant in Alaska,” said Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy.

EarthEn Receives U.S. DOE Support for Groundbreaking Supercritical CO2-based Energy Storage Technology

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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The two years of funding and support will enable EarthEn to significantly advance the commercialization of its long-duration energy storage solution utilizing supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) technology.

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  • The two years of funding and support will enable EarthEn to significantly advance the commercialization of its long-duration energy storage solution utilizing supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) technology.
  • EarthEn's innovative technology is a hybrid thermo-mechanical form of energy storage using sCO2 that is superior in its efficiency and flexibility to provide long-duration as well as shorter-duration energy storage.
  • EarthEn will receive DOE funding and support for collaborative research and development of EarthEn's technology at ORNL's Knoxville, TN campus.
  • The funding and support will propel our efforts to further develop and commercialize our sCO2-based energy storage technology" said CEO, Manas Pathak.

Heliogen Achieves Key Milestone on Project Funded with up to $50M from Woodside and $39M from U.S. Department of Energy

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
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Heliogen expects to recognize approximately $80 million in total revenue from Woodside and the U.S. Department of Energy for the project over a multi-year period.

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  • Heliogen expects to recognize approximately $80 million in total revenue from Woodside and the U.S. Department of Energy for the project over a multi-year period.
  • Hanwha and Heliogen have entered into an agreement for the production and delivery of the power block for the Mojave, California demonstration project.
  • This development milestone further demonstrates Heliogens momentum through commercial, technological and governmental partnerships, said Bill Gross, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Heliogen.
  • The support of the U.S. Department of Energy is also critical in moving technologies like ours into commercial deployment phase.

Heliogen Finalizes $39 Million Award From the U.S. Department of Energy for Deployment of AI-Enabled Concentrated Solar Technology

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Monday, December 20, 2021
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Heliogen, Inc. (the Company or Heliogen), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar power, today announced it has finalized a $39 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to deploy the Companys breakthrough renewable energy technology in California.

Key Points: 
  • Heliogen, Inc. (the Company or Heliogen), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar power, today announced it has finalized a $39 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to deploy the Companys breakthrough renewable energy technology in California.
  • The Company will apply the funds received from the DOE towards a commercial-scale facility leveraging its AI-enabled concentrated solar technology.
  • To do this, Heliogen's AI-powered heliostat field will efficiently generate higher temperatures than traditional concentrated solar, enabling the cost-effective integration of a sCO2 power cycle.
  • "The large and ambitious scope of this DOE award adds momentum to deployment of Heliogens breakthrough AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar solution for carbon-free energy at scale.