Former Senior US Government Official David Sandalow Named Highview Power’s US Chairman
Highview
Power, a leader in true long-duration energy
storage solutions, announced today that renewable energy and
environmental leader David
Sandalow has been named chairman of Highview Power Inc., the
company’s U.S. subsidiary. The former senior White House, U.S. State
Department, and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) official has been a
senior advisor to Highview Power as the company develops and deploys
utility-scale liquid
air energy storage (LAES) systems in North America.
“Large-scale, long-duration energy storage will play an important role
in the grid of the future,” said Sandalow. “Highview Power’s liquid air
energy storage technology provides a cheap, environmentally-friendly way
to manage variable renewable power, relieve transmission congestion, and
provide additional grid
services. I look forward to working with the exceptional team at
Highview Power during a very exciting time for the energy storage and
renewable energy industries.”
Sandalow is the Inaugural Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy
at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
(SIPA). He writes and speaks widely on energy policy and has served as
Honorary Chair of the U.S. Energy Storage Association’s annual
conference. From 2009-2013, Sandalow served in senior positions in the
U.S. Department of Energy, where he helped oversee the department’s renewable
energy, energy efficiency, fossil energy, nuclear energy, and
electricity delivery programs with an annual budget of more than $3.5
billion.
“David Sandalow has a distinguished record of accomplishment on energy
and environmental issues, and we are delighted to have him on the
Highview Power team,” said Javier Cavada, President and CEO of Highview
Power. “His counsel will be very valuable as we work with our partners, utilities,
grid operators, and government officials to deploy LAES onto the grid
and enable wind and solar to penetrate our baseload power generation mix
at increasing levels.”
Highview Power’s proprietary liquid air energy storage (LAES)
technology is based on the principle of air liquefaction, which enables
the easy storage of gases in cryogenic liquid form. The process involves
a 700-fold expansion in volume from liquid back to gas, which releases
the stored energy, powering turbines and generating electricity. This
enables Highview’s system to store energy in increments measured in days
rather than hours, at half the cost of lithium-ion batteries when
deployed at scale, with no siting constraints, and while releasing zero
emissions in the process. It utilizes long-proven technology with an
economic useful life of over 30 years. The company has already deployed
two plants in the UK, the latest the 5 MW/15 MWh Pilsworth
LAES plant that was officially launched in June.
About Highview Power
Highview Power is a designer and developer of true long duration energy
storage solutions for utilities and distributed power systems. The
company’s proprietary technology uses liquid air as the storage medium
and its custom designed Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) solutions can
deliver anywhere from 10MW/40MWh to more than 200MW/1.2GWh of energy.
LAES has been developed using proven components from mature industries
to deliver pumped-hydro capabilities without geographical constraints
and it can be configured to convert waste heat and cold to power. For
more information, visit: www.highviewpower.com
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