Swedish solar energy company Azelio has announced a partnership agreement with Masdar and Khalifa University of Science and Technology to launch a pilot project within Masdar City to test new energy storage technologies. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the World Energy Conference in Abu Dhabi yesterday, and was attended by Azelio CEO Jonas Eklind, Masdar's Director of Real Estate Development and Design, Abdullah Balla, and Senior Vice President For Research and Development at Khalifa University, Dr. Stephen Griffiths.
The project aims to test Azelio's Stirling engine system and integrated thermal energy storage (TES) solutions for renewable energy projects that use solar PV, concentrated solar and wind power, or projects that provide off-grid solutions, and determine if This technology could have been used in current and future renewable energy projects.
Yousef Basalib, Executive Director of Masdar's Sustainable Urban Development Department, said: “The project will enter the testing phase in the fall of this year. 2020, a system-wide analysis. ”