{"id":1851,"date":"2026-05-06T06:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2026-05-06T06:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:09:07","slug":"data-centres-speed-to-power-need-driving-us-ldes-commercialisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/data-centres-speed-to-power-need-driving-us-ldes-commercialisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Data centres\u2019 speed-to-power need driving US LDES commercialisation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Francesco Oppici, co-founder and CCO of Carbon dioxide-based long-duration energy storage (LDES) company Energy Dome tied the commercialisation path of LDES to data centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oppici\u2019s comments were delivered 30 April, alongside Lucy Metzroth, principal innovation technology consultant, corporate development, at utility Xcel Energy, at market research firm Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables\u2019 Solar & Energy Storage Summit, in Colorado, US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metzroth and Oppici spoke with Kasim Khan, senior research analyst at Wood Mackenzie, during the \u2018Keynote fireside chat: The challenges of scaling emerging LDES technologies\u2019 discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy-based Energy Dome uses a CO2 battery with a set of gas compression and turbine equipment held inside of a dome-like structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The battery stores energy based on the adiabatic compression of carbon dioxide, which is liquified during charging and evaporated as it discharges. Heat given off during compression is stored and expands the gas, driving the turbines to generate power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in April,\u00a0the company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with digital infrastructure company New Era Energy & Digital (NUAI)\u00a0to deploy its Battery Plus technology in Odessa, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Energy Dome, the Battery Plus technology combines waste heat recovery with energy storage. It uses waste heat directly from open-cycle gas turbine exhaust during discharge, which the company claims eliminates the need for prior heat storage. It further claims that this method enhances efficiency, offers combined-cycle-like performance, and reduces costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research and consultancy firm Sightline Climate has also ranked the company\u00a0as the top non-lithium LDES company on its LDES leaderboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Wood Mackenzie discussion, Oppici claimed that because Energy Dome does not use any Chinese-sourced materials, it is cost competitive with equipment from China, but it also qualifies for the investment tax credit (ITC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDES deployment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When asked by Khan where Energy Dome and other LDES technology is seeing traction, Oppici said, \u201cIn the last couple of years we have seen mainly here in the US, the eight hour application, being used to bring capacity for data centres.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metzroth added, \u201cWe see a huge opportunity with large load customers as well, and they need speed to power, things that are available. We\u2019re very interested in other things like geothermal or nuclear, but we need to be able to deploy capacity right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khan asked Metzroth, \u201cYou\u2019re saying LDES is perhaps more quickly deployed right now than nuclear or geothermal?\u201d, to which Metzroth responded \u201cAbsolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the promising potential of a technology is not, on its own, enough to convince utilities like Xcel to pursue their use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metzroth\u2019s advice is to scale up slowly, it \u201cShows you know how to manage a project, and actually deliver on your promises, that is very important to (utilities).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oppici noted that this strategy has played a role in helping Energy Dome secure projects. The company started with smaller scale projects in Europe before moving to the larger scale projects it typically does now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data centres<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The previously mentioned MOU with NUAI in Odessa is likely to represent one of these larger projects. While Energy Dome has not stated what the size of this project will be, NUAI specified that the parties will evaluate how Energy Dome\u2019s battery can support NUAI\u2019s 1GW data centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This also highlights a larger trend of data centres utilising LDES technology, as seen in\u00a0Meta and US \u2018multi-day\u2019 energy storage startup Noon Energy\u2019s 1GW\/100GWh data centre deal, and another announcement, last year, from Energy Dome, that\u00a0Google would be investing its technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A question from the audience, relayed by Khan, focused on how LDES technology can scale outside of data centre development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnfortunately, I don\u2019t think at the moment, that there is structural revenue in place that can actually justify development outside of that firm capacity,\u201d Oppici said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metzroth, in turn, noted that structural changes need to happen in order to utilise LDES beyond data centres. \u201cThere\u2019s not really a marketing mechanism for value stacking at all. When you\u2019re saying, \u2018Look this LDES can do all these different things. It has all these different services, you know?\u2019 Well, that\u2019s great, but we don\u2019t get paid for it,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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