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Energy Vault has announced a strategic partnership with Chicago-based architecture and engineering firm SOM to integrate its gravity energy storage solutions into future building design.
Under the terms of the agreement, SOM will be the exclusive architect and structural engineer for the new Energy Vault gravity energy storage systems (GESS), integrating the technology into tall buildings in urban environments and deployable structures in natural environments.
The two parties have begun working together over the past twelve months, including collaborating on four new Energy Vault GESS solutions. The solutions include EVu, a superstructure tower design that enables GESS integration into high-rise buildings via a hollow structure over 300 meters and up to 1,000 meters high. The design promises multi-GWh gravity-based energy storage that can power both the building itself and nearby structures, with a carbon payback within three to four years.
Other new solutions from Energy Vault include EVc, a cylindrically shaped solution for large-scale pumped hydro storage in high-rise buildings using a modular water-based system, EVy, which is designed for pre-existing slopes and topography, and EV0, which is designed to use to leverage the benefits of traditional hydropower plants without concrete production and environmental disruption.
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