South Africa’s Eskom resorts to grid-scale gravity energy storage

South Africa's Eskom enlists Energy Vault for gravity energy storage technology

South Africa's TSO Eskom and energy storage technology firm Energy Vault have partnered to deploy projects using the latter's gravity-based technology.

South Africa’s Eskom resorts to grid-scale gravity energy storage

Gravity storage gets a boost from South Africa’s state-owned utility Eskom.From ESS News Energy Vault has tied up a deal with Eskom, South Africa’s state‑owned utility, with a strategic development agreement signed to potentially deploy a 25 MW / 100 MWh grid‑scale gravity energy storage system (GESS) at the Hendrina Power Station in Mpumalanga. The deal also formalizes a framework to “license, co‑develop and partner on up to 4 GWh of long‑durat…