Investing in energy storage at coal-fired power plants

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Can coal power plants be converted into energy storage and zero-carbon data centers?

This paper investigates a retrofitting strategy that turns coal power plants into thermal energy storage (TES) and zero-carbon data centers (DCs). The proposed capacity expansion model considers the co-locations of DCs, local renewable genera-tion, and energy storage with the system-level coal retirement and retrofitting.

What should be done with GW of coal plants?

The phase-out of hundreds of GW of coal plants globally is creating an immediate challenge: what should be done with these valuable assets? E2S Power’s innovative idea is to replace the boilers with thermal energy storage using its TWEST (Travelling Wave Energy Storage Technology) concept.

How can coal power plants be repurposed?

Retrofitting coal power plants provides a cost-saving solu-tion by reusing the existing infrastructure and interconnections. They can be repurposed into thermal energy storage (TES) , nuclear reactors , and data centers (DCs) . These projects could significantly reduce carbon footprint and facilitate re-newable energy integration.

Can thermal energy storage improve the flexibility of coal-fired power plants?

At present, large-scale energy storage technology is not yet mature. Improving the flexibility of coal-fired power plants to suppress the instability of renewable energy generation is a feasible path. Thermal energy storage is a feasible technology to improve the flexibility of coal-fired power plants.

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