StorTera in World First for Energy Storage

Perth & Kinross Council has become the first place in the world to use spiral-flow battery technology to reduce its carbon footprint.

Designed, developed and manufactured by StorTera, an Edinburgh-based developer of intelligent energy storage solutions, the project aims to develop a prototype smart energy network at the Friarton Waste Depot.

As well as reducing the Council’s carbon footprint, the new system will help bring down energy costs through smarter energy management while reducing carbon emissions and supporting the move towards low carbon transport and heating.

The smart energy network will help PKC understand the requirements for developing Local Smart Energy Systems that can be built at scale across the Council’s estate and has the potential to help tackle fuel poverty.

PKC-SEN was funded by Scottish Enterprise via its Can-Do Innovation Challenge Fund.

Jane Martin, Managing Director of Innovation and Investment at Scottish Enterprise, commented, “This is an excellent example of how public sector organisations can play a key role in unlocking innovation and wider economic benefits.

“Perth and Kinross Council’s green energy solution in collaboration with StorTera’s world-first battery technology at its recycling centre will lower costs and reduce emissions.”

This smart energy network can:

• Store excess energy for use when required or when energy prices rise

• Generate revenue by providing renewable energy to the electricity network

• Power devices such as smart heaters with excess solar generation

• Transfer clean energy between Council sites (peer to peer)