Liquid Air Media Coverage:
October 2012 - July 2013

News

18 December, 2014 - The Guardian, 'How technology can prevent food waste in developing countries'

Up to 40% of food produced in the developing world is wasted before it reaches the market, according to figures from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). With the number of middle-class consumers predicted to rise to three billion by 2030, and the majority of that growth in developing countries, tackling this problem is no small feat – particularly as rising affluence in urban areas is likely to trigger a higher demand for richer diets and more complex food supply chains.

18 December, 2014 - Automotive Megatrends, 'Clean cold transport technologies come in from the cold'

There’s an urgent need to develop sustainable transport refrigeration systems to replace the highly polluting diesel-powered TRUs that dominate the industry today, writes Professor Toby Peters, Visiting Professor in Power and Cold Economy, Birmingham Energy Institute.

When the history is written, it is likely the 2014 SMMT Automotive Innovation Awards will be acknowledged as a tipping point. For the first time, the prestigious competition recognised the urgent need to develop sustainable transport refrigeration systems to replace the highly polluting diesel-powered Transport Refrigeration Units (TRUs) that dominate the industry today.

Billions of rupees worth of fruit and vegetable waste in India could be better conserved if the country had a sustainable cold chain of refrigerated warehousing and transport, according to a new study by experts at the University of Birmingham.

8 December, 2014 - University of Birmingham, 'Reducing food waste, protecting the environment and creating economic growth in India through liquid air cold chains'

₹43 billion (£4.4 billion) worth of fruit and vegetables wasted annually in India could be better conserved if the country had a sustainable cold chain of refrigerated warehousing and transport, say University of Birmingham (UK) experts in a new study.

The study – The prospects for liquid air cold chains in India – will be presented to industry experts at the Automobile Research Association of India, Pune on Tuesday 9 December at an event organised by the UK Science & Innovation Network.

19 November, 2014 - International Supermarket News, ‘Power and Cold’ Professor welcomes World Cold Chain Summit to Reduce Food Waste to the UK

Professor Toby Peters welcomes the inaugural “World Cold Chain Summit to Reduce Food Waste”, which is being held in London on the 20th November and believes the UK is well positioned to play a key role in a new and developing multi-billion pound global industry to establish sustainable cold chains.

14 October, 2014 – Report: The Chilling Facts VI, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

[p12] Potential technology break-through for transport refrigeration. Producers of a new ‘heat-hybrid’ system, combining cryogenic cooling with waste heat recovery from a vehicle’s engine, say that this technology will not only cut fuel consumption but that it will also remove the need for HFC refrigerants altogether.

6 October, 2014 - Connecting Industry, 'Dearman shortlisted for SMMT automotive innovation award'

Dearman has been shortlisted for the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ (SMMT) Award for Automotive Innovation 2014. This award recognises new UK-born technologies with the potential to leave a lasting impression on the whole industry for years to come.

Dearman is gearing up for Cenex’s Low Carbon Champions Awards, where it has been shortlisted for the 2014 Award for Low Carbon Innovation by an SME.

8 September 2014 - ACORE (American Council On Renewable Energy) blog, 'Liquid Air: Doing Cold Better'

The world needs cooling – air conditioning, industrial cooling, data cooling, medical cooling as well as a ‘cold chain’ of refrigerated food storage and transport. And global demand for cooling is expected to grow significantly in the coming decades.

Engineers are constantly scrutinising under the hood to seek innovative ways to fuel the growth of low carbon vehicle technologies. So far, the range of outcome, though most are at concept stage, has been impressive - flywheels, nanoFLOWCELL, hybrid-air powertrain, a host of battery chemistries, supercapacitors, fuel cells and the Dearman liquid air engine.

6 August 2014 - Professional Engineer, 'Practical answers to world poverty'

Give people in developing countries the tools with which they can improve their lives, and communities can be transformed. Ben Hargreaves reports on engineers who are doing just that.

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As well as providing energy to developing nations, British engineers are interested in the potential of liquid-air technology to improve on the scandalously high rates of food wastage. According to a report released by the IMechE last year, about half of all food produced around the world is wasted. Improvements to the ‘cold chain’ in developing countries could help to preserve more food, concluded a new study recently launched by the institution.

6 August 2014 - Professional Engineer, 'Institution news: Cool solution to hunger'

The key to reducing food wastage – and hunger – in the developing world is investment in cost-effective and sustainable cold-chain infrastructure. About 25% of food wastage in poorer countries could be eliminated with better refrigeration equipment.

22 July 2014 - MNN, '9 of the most interesting inventions of 2014'

The Dearman Engine is a remarkable new invention. It is an engine that runs off air ... liquid air, that is. This is an eco-friendly alternative to fossil fuels, and because the liquid air is kept at a temperature of about minus 200 degrees Celsius, it provides free air conditioning. The Dearman Engine was born in a garden shed in the United Kingdom, created by Peter Dearman. His idea has since attracted a lot of attention from sponsors who are interested in seeing these kinds of engines on the road. The engine is expected to be ready for testing this summer.

Pune, India: Developing cold chain markets including in India and China are keen to exploit the low emission advantages of liquid air refrigeration as developed by the Dearman Engine company.

Where cold chains are developing – in megacities such as Beijing and Delhi – the delivery component is powered by highly polluting diesel transport refrigeration units (TRUs), which contribute to chronic and toxic smog. Outdoor pollution has caused 600,000 premature deaths in India in a single year.

21 July 2014 - Gasworld, 'India supports Dearman Engine'

Support for the Dearman Engine liquid air technology as a solution to the challenges of postharvest food losses and air pollution gained prominence recently, following events in both the UK and India.

This began with a call for urgent attention to cold chain development, discussed at the two-day Clean and Cool Summit on June 30 and July 1 in London, organised by the Liquid Air Energy Network (LAEN) and hosted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Alongside the Summit, the IMechE’s Head of Energy and Environment, Dr. Tim Fox, launched the Institution’s latest report, A Tank of Cold: Cleantech Leapfrog to a More Food Secure World.

15 July 2014 - Food & Beverage News, 'IME sees cold chain rollout to prevent fruit & veg loss by 50 per cent'

The United Kingdom-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) highlighted that India has an inadequate cold and frozen supply chain, which is leading to a loss of perishables like fruit and vegetables by 50 per cent annually.

In its report, titled ‘A Tank of Cold: Cleantech Leapfrog to a more food secure world’, IME indicated that India’s investment in cold chain is forecast to be $15 billion over five years, and it has an inefficient electricity grid which has led to an average power loss of 30 per cent during transmission.

India is the world’s largest producer of milk, and second to China in fruit and vegetables. Agriculture employs 53 per cent workforce, but generates only 15 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

8 July 2014 - Environmental Leader, 'Using Liquid Air for Clean Fuel'

Liquid air could potentially be a source of clean vehicle power for commercial trucks in the UK by 2020, according to a report by the Liquid Air Energy Network.

The report projects that a liquid-air powered British fleet of 36,000 vehicles by 2025 could save more than 1 billion liters of diesel fuel, 1.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (well-to-wheel), and a net of £113 million ($193 million) in investment costs.

A report published by The Institute of Mechanical Engineers has concluded refrigeration in developing countries could eliminate a quarter of food wastage.

The report shows that nearly 50% of fruit and vegetables are lost in Sub-Saharan Africa and India. The African nation of Tanzania sees 25 per cent of all milk produced in the wet season end up as wastage, while 97 per cent of meat sold in the country has never been properly refrigerated.

With 70% of people in sub-Saharan Africa having no access to electricity at all and 350 million people in India situated off-grid in rural locations. The report urges immediate action to encourage the roll-out of sustainable cold and frozen supply chains in order to prevent unnecessary food loss and improve global food security.

7 July 2014 - Bloomberg Business Week, 'Chilled air cheaper than diesel for India food transport'

India, where half the nation’s fruit and vegetables spoil before getting to market, could reduce food waste by refrigerating vehicles with liquid air at a fraction of the cost of using diesel engines, a report said.

The liquid air would help fill a gap in supply of chilled transportation, according to the study by the London-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers released today in New Delhi.

Developing countries, lacking reliable electricity grids used in richer countries, often depend on diesel generators to chill food-supply vehicles. India could leapfrog a generation of cooling infrastructure by adopting renewable energy and so-called cryogenic technologies, according to the report.

4 July 2014 - Green Car Congress, 'Royal Academy of Engineering and Highview create 5-year research chair in liquid air energy storage

The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering and Highview Power Storage, the UK-based developer of large-scale long duration Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) systems, have teamed up to create and fund a five-year research chair at the research center for Cryogenic Energy Storage at the University of Birmingham to explore the limits of this emerging technology. LAES has the potential to drive the development of variable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, due to its ability to convert excess/off-peak electricity into multi megawatts hours of stored energy.

Professor Yulong Ding is the newly appointed Highview Power Storage/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Energy Storage.

4 July 2014 - Sourceable, 'Community Refrigeration Could Ease World Hunger'

About a quarter of food wastage in the developing world could be eliminated with better refrigeration equipment, said the report, which urges immediate action to encourage the roll-out of sustainable cold and frozen supply chains in order to prevent unnecessary food loss and improve global food security.

Some 70 per cent of people in sub-Saharan Africa, for example, have no access to electricity at all and 350 million people in India are situated off-grid in rural locations. Building on ambitions for electricity access and energy security is crucial, and Fox says the development of community renewable energy projects with energy storage would provide the cold and freezing needed for an effective roll-out of sustainable cold chains.

3 July 2014 - MultiBrief, 'A greener and cleaner cold chain'

The cooling industry is sometimes accused of being too focused on advancing the technology in their particular sector whilst overlooking the progress of those further down their supply chain.

We've have had the situation in Europe where a number of supermarkets are confidently trialing new techniques in carbon dioxide refrigeration or forced air display cabinets, while the food production factories that supply the food they sell are still creaking away on the most basic of refrigeration systems.

2 July 2014 - Renewable Energy Magazine, 'London summit launches new liquid air 'cold economy' initiative'

An initiative has been launched in London aimed at developing ‘liquid air’ technologies which could act as an energy storage system cutting carbon emissions, reducing pollution and creating thousands of jobs while also creating a new ‘cold economy’.

The initiative was launched at a two-day Summit, held this week on the 30 June and the 1 July and organised by the Liquid Air Energy Network, hosted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). The launch was timed to coincide with the publication of a ground-breaking new IMechE report, A Tank of Cold: Cleantech Leapfrog to a More Food Secure World, which explains how in developing countries up to 50 per cent of perishable food rots before ever reaching a plate because ‘cold chains’ are rudimentary or non-existent.

1 July 2014 - Laboratory Talk, 'Energy storage research fund announced'

A UK research centre for cryogenic energy storage is set to receive a fund to conduct liquid air energy storage research (LAES) for five years.

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) and UK-based developer of large-scale long duration LAES systems Highview Power Storage (HPS) have collaborated to create and fund a new professional appointment to explore the limits of LAES.

The five-year research appointment will be led by Yulong Ding of the University of Birmingham - which will also play host to the project.

LAES has the potential to drive the development of variable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, thanks to its ability to convert excess/off-peak electricity into multi megawatts hours of stored energy, an RAE statement says.

19 June 2014 - Engineering and Technology Magazine, 'Liquid air vehicles economic without subsidy, says report'

There is ‘a compelling business case’ for introducing vehicles equipped with liquid air engines in Britain, says a new report. The most promising early applications include refrigerated trucks and trailers, urban buses and delivery trucks, which could repay their original investments within months or just a few years without government subsidy.

In addition there would be significant benefits from reduced local air pollution and noise.

11 June 2014 - Business Green, 'Could engines running on thin air be the answer to the UK's air pollution problem?'

It sounds almost too good to be true: trucks powered by the air we breathe, producing no emissions at the tailpipe. But in fact, the technology is real and could be coming to a road near you soon.

A new report unveiled last week by the Liquid Air Energy Network, the Centre for Low Carbon Futures, and the University of Birmingham, examines the potential for polluting refrigerated trucks and other commercial vehicles to literally run on thin air.

The innovative new engine relies on the fact that air turns to liquid at temperatures below -196ºC, where it can be stored in unpressurised vessels. As the air slowly warms up, it expands rapidly, creating pressure that is used to drive an engine piston. At the same time, the reaction gives off cold air, which can be used for refrigeration.

10 June 2014 - Transport Engineer, '"Clean up transport refrigeration" - new report'

Replacing 13,000 refrigerated transport units with a liquid air solution could cut dangerous emissions by the same amount as taking 367,000 Euro 6 trucks off the road – over three times the entire UK truck fleet.

That's the key finding of 'Liquid Air on the Highway', a report published last week by the Liquid Air Energy Network, the Centre for Low Carbon Futures and the University of Birmingham, and part funded by the Technology Strategy Board.

While diesel engines are subject to strict emission targets, truck refrigeration units are often powered by unregulated secondary diesel engines, which also emit dangerous particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).

The Dearman Engine Company is developing its new refrigeration engine, to begin tests this year and commercial production in 2016, reports Alex Kreetzer.

As the automotive industry strives to achieve a low carbon footprint and replace the likes of fossil fuels, the need to find a new solution to harness green energy and allow it to be used on demand materialises. Toby Peters, CEO of Dearman Engine Company, looked to use liquid air as an energy trajectory to harness long term energy that is “easy to store, the exhaust is clean cold air, scalable mature supply chains for the core components, cheap to build…what’s not to like?”

6 June 2014 - Cooling Post, 'Hubbard trials liquid-air-powered refrigeration'

Suffolk-based Hubbard Products is collaborating on field trials of a new liquid-air-powered transport refrigeration system.

The Dearman engine is a novel piston engine powered by the phase-change expansion of liquid air or nitrogen. The developers claim that It will deliver major reductions in carbon, local air pollution, noise and cost. In the early years it will be fuelled from spare nitrogen production capacity.

4 June 2014 - ichainnel.com, 'Hubbard to trial liquid air refrigeration'

Hubbard Products and the Dearman Engine Company are collaborating on field trails of a Dearman engine liquid air transport refrigeration system.

The move brings commercial availability of the new technology for truck operators a step closer. Pat Maughan, managing director, Hubbard Products said: “Much of transport refrigeration is working in residential and urban areas; and this is only going to become a larger part of the market."

4 June 2014 - Gasworld, 'Latest liquid air report released'

A new report published today by the Liquid Air Energy Network, the Centre for Low Carbon Futures, and the University of Birmingham provides stark numbers about the potential benefits of using liquid air-powered refrigeration vehicles.

Nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) emissions cause around 29,000 premature deaths in Britain each year, at a cost to the economy of £20bn.

While strict targets on diesel engines are reducing pollution drastically, truck refrigeration units are often powered by unregulated secondary diesel engines.

28 May 2014 - Co.Exist, 'A Liquid Air Engine Reduces The Enonrmous Emissions of Refrigerated Trucks'

If I told you that a "cryogenic engine" could revolutionize refrigerated trucking, you might ask, one, what the hell a cryogenic engine is, and two, why you should care about refrigerated trucking.

Let's take the last bit first. Refrigerated trucks use up a lot of energy and emit tons of pollution as they move perishables around the U.S. and the rest of the world. Cold-chain trucks are some of the biggest on the road. They consume fuel both in their engines and in their cooling systems, which are diesel-powered and tend not to be government-regulated. It's estimated that cold trucks use 25% more fuel than normal trucks, and normal trucks have a high emissions profile to start with.

16 May 2014 - Gasworld, 'Former Ricardo Director joins Dearman'

The Dearman Engine Company is strengthening its team as it prepares for its liquid-air engine to begin on-vehicle testing, with the recruitment of Nick Owen to the position of Chief Technology Officer.

Nick is currently with E4tech (UK) Ltd, and will join Dearman at the start of June.   Nick has worked at E4tech for the last two years, a leading industry and government consultancy, where he was responsible for the commercial and technical activities in the low carbon vehicles sector. During this period he has worked closely with Dearman on a number of projects including a review of markets and technology development risks and has also provided support for the development of the company’s engineering plans.

15 May 2014 - The Guardian, 'Dearman - making clean engines with liquid air'

The Dearman Engine Company is making clean engines a reality with a piston engine powered by the expansion of liquid air (nitrogen). The engine could significantly reduce the emissions of refrigerated transport, buses and commercial vehicles, and help companies to make substantial fuel savings.

With a passion for engineering and a strong understanding of the challenges facing a fossil fuel-dependent road transport system, Peter Dearman set about exploring the potential of liquid air from his home garage.

8 May 2014 - Telegraph, 'Electric cryogenics: Frozen air producing power'

Highview Power Storage freezes air and uses the resulting air expansion to move or store energy.

The company received £8 million from the government to build a commercial scale demonstration plant just north of Manchester.

The plant produces 15 megawatt hours of energy - enough to power 5,000 homes for three hours. The plant serves as a shop window for a full-scale demonstration of the technology used, and is now being used by energy group GE in their open cycle gas turbines.

6 May 2014 - Engerati, 'Innovation and Investment WIll Create a Sustainable Energy Storage Environment'

Two British companies have been awarded over £8 million by the UK government to spur innovation in energy storage.

Two British firms, Viridor Waste Management and Highview Power Storage, have been awarded over £8 million in government funding to develop liquid air-based technology for energy storage.

The announcement comes as UK public funders of low carbon innovation today provide enhanced investor certainty, with the publication of a joint Strategic Framework by the Low Carbon Innovation Coordination Group.

Right now, as many as 250,000 semi-trucks are hauling refrigerated trailers full of frozen foods, fresh vegetables, and other perishable goods along U.S. roads. Yet such vehicles burn about 25 percent more fuel than unrefrigerated trucks.

At fault is what industry buffs call forgotten polluters: auxiliary “donkey” engines that chill a trailer’s cargo and cumulatively emit unknown tons of carbon and pollutants each year.

29 April 2014 - Blue & Green Tomorrow, 'New Energy & Cleantech Awards company seeks to cut transport emissions'

The seventh annual New Energy & Cleantech Awards, to be held on April 30, will see clean energy companies looking for growth finance present to an investor audience.

For the second consecutive year a cleantech forum will precede the evening awards ceremony. Each company will tell the crowd why they are an attractive investment opportunity in a 15 minute pitch.

Jeremy North, chairman of The Dearman Engine Company, one of the presenting companies, tells Blue & Green Tomorrow about the business.

28 April 2014 - Transport Engineer, 'Liquid air ‘key’ to reducing road transport emissions'

A report from the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) has highlighted the potential of liquid air to help the road transport industry reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases.

Called 'Energy Carriers for Powertrains', the report seeks to establish a roadmap for industrialised countries to cut emissions in the road transport sector by up to 80% by 2050, compared to 1990 levels. The European Commission has committed itself to this goal.

28 April 2014 - Gasworld, 'More funding success for engine'

A consortium led by the Dearman Engine Company, a highly-efficient liquid nitrogen or air (LiN) engine, has secured funding close to £2m from the Technology Strategy Board to provide support for low-carbon vehicle initiatives.

There is a pressing need for more cost-effective technology to improve the efficiency of urban medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles and buses. Electric hybrid systems are seen by some as a solution, but costs remain high, leading to long payback periods (10-12 years for a bus).

22 April 2014 - Transport Engineer, 'Dearman consortium gets £1.9m TSB engine development award'

A consortium led by the Dearman Engine Company has been awarded £1.9 million in the latest round of IDP10 (low-carbon vehicle) funding from the Technology Strategy Board to support the development of its heat-recovery system for urban commercial vehicles.

Toby Peters, founder and CEO of the Dearman Engine Company, claims that his innovative technology offers fuel savings of up to 25%, and lifecycle CO2 savings of up to 40%.

15 April 2014 - Gasworld, 'Report highlights liquid air as key to reducing emissions'

A new report from the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) has highlighted the potential of liquid air to help the road transport industry reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases.

In Europe, UK-based Dearman Engine Company is at the forefront of pioneering work on developing liquid air (liquid nitrogen) as a practical and realistic way to reduce emissions from commercial transport vehicles.

14 April 2014 - Commercial Vehicle Engineer, 'Trials breathe fresh life into liquid-air engines'

Practical applications of "liquid-air engines" in road transport look set to move several steps closer as a result of trials being run at Imperial College, London and at MIRA (formerly the Motor Industry Research Association) test centre and proving ground near Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

10 April 2014 - IMechE Report, 'Energy Storage: The missing link in the UK's energy commitments'

Government aspirations for a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are driving the deployment of renewable energy technologies across the globe. In the UK this is evident in the targets that have been set in response to both the EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009 and the 2008 Climate Change Act. In the case of the former, the UK is committed to meet 15% of its overall energy demand from renewable sources by 2020, and the latter sets a legally binding target to reduce GHG emissions by 80% relative to 1990 levels by 2050.

A new report suggest that liquid air holds great potential in helping to reduce emissions of greenhouses gases from road transport.

While most of the focus in the development of alternative fuel transport options has focused on electrifying drivetrains and hydrogen fuel cells, liquid air boasts many advantages over both according to a new study from the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC).

3 April 2014 - Power-technology.com, 'Energy storage in the UK: is the government doing enough?

The UK Government pledged to support the development of the energy storage sector in February, stating that the technology could be 'potentially revolutionary'. But is the government creating the right policy framework to support the sector and help it integrate into the UK energy network?

"Storing energy will become increasingly important in the move towards a low carbon economy, and has the potential to save the energy system over £4bn by 2050," UK Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said in February as he announced the government had awarded an £8m grant to two British companies to scale up a liquid air energy storage (LAES) system.

2 April 2014 - Professional Engineering, 'GE link boosts energy storage'

A British manufacturer of energy storage systems is collaborating with industrial giant GE in a move that could see its technology deployed all over the globe.

Highview Power Storage, a developer of liquid air energy storage technology, said it had signed an agreement with the oil and gas division of the US company. The deal covers the licensing of Highview’s technology to be used alongside GE gas turbines to store electricity and improve generation efficiency.

31 March 2014 - 1776, 'The Rise of Cryogenic Energy Storage'

In recent years, renewable and green energy technologies have been increasingly integrated with the existing power grid. With this integration has come a unique problem: how to properly store the intermittent energy produced by wind or solar technologies.

30 March 2014 - ERTRAC, 'Energy Carriers for Powertrains'

Liquid Air is an adaptable energy vector which can be created and consumed using traditional mechanical engineering technologies, stored safely in un-pressurized containers, and made from a free abundant raw material. It can be used in many applications to improve or replace existing transport solutions and deployed at electricity grid scale for balancing the supply and demand from inherently intermittent renewable energy generation.

28 March 2014 - Martime Executive, 'Liquified Air for Shortdistance Maritime Propulsion'

The history of using compressed air for vehicle propulsion dates back into the latter 19^th century when inventors experimented with buses, cars and even self-powered railway carriages. For several decades, the mining industry made extensive use of compressed air powered locomotives that pulled ore trains through tunnels. During that period, compressed air powered mining locomotives shared components with steam-powered locomotives. Even at the present day, compressed air powered locomotives are still at work in some mines. This is the result of easy and ready availability of compressed air motors, high-pressure air tanks, gauges and control valves.

21 March 2014 - Forbes, 'GE Taps Into The Coolest Energy Storage Technology Around'

The development of energy storage technology is going to be one of the defining features of the 21st century’s energy landscape. It will allow nations to decarbonise their economies by integrating renewable energy into their grids, reduce peak power demand and make all forms of power generation more efficient.

It is going to be a huge market and is going to render the utilities business unrecognisable within a few decades.

21 March 2014 - Energy Storage Publication, 'Highview Power Signs Deal with GE'

GE Oil & Gas has entered a global licensing agreement with UK based Highview Power to integrate liquid air energy storage with peaking power plants.

The giant of the energy world will work with Highview to undertake feasibility studies before implementing a liquid air energy storage system at a GE peaking plant where GE gas turbines and engines will be installed. The system will increase plant efficiency, grid reliability and the distribution of renewable energy.

21 March 2014 - Greentech Grid, 'GE Partners With Highview For Liquid Air Energy Storage'

Liquid air storage gets a vote of confidence from a big-name partner.

General Electric Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) has signed an exclusive global licensing deal with Highview Power Storage, a U.K. startup that makes utility-scale liquid air energy storage systems.

The agreement is just the beginning of an early demonstration phase, according to a GE spokesperson, and will explore the opportunity to integrate Highview’s LAES technology into GE’s natural gas peaker plants.

18 March 2014 - The Engineer, 'GE Oil & Gas signs licensing and collaboration agreement with Highview Power Storage'

GE Oil & Gas has signed a global licensing and collaboration agreement with Highview Power Storage, a UK supplier of large-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) systems.

The companies will explore opportunities to integrate Highview’s LAES technology in peaker power plants where GE gas turbines and gas engines are currently or will be installed to increase power plant efficiency, grid reliability and the distribution of renewable energy.

18 March 2014 - Plant Engineer, 'GE and Highview Power sign energy storage agreement'

GE Oil & Gas has signed a global licensing and collaboration agreement with liquid air energy storage (LAES) pioneer Highview Power Storage to explore opportunities for the technology where its gas turbines and gas engines are installed.

The goal, according to Luca Maria Rossi, product management general manager for GE Oil & Gas' Turbomachinery Solutions business, is to increase power plant efficiency, grid reliability and the distribution of renewable energy.

18 March 2014 - Business Green, 'GE deal boost prospects for UK energy stroage startup'

General Electric has signed a deal to license out an innovative energy storage technology developed by a UK startup that promises to help balance supply and demand for grid operators.

Last month, the government awarded £8m funding to Highview Power Storage and Viridor Waste Management to pilot a new liquid air energy storage project that aims to store air in a liquid format, allowing it to then be harnessed to produce electricity when required.

18 March 2014 - The Wall Street Transcript, 'GE and Highview Power Sign Global Energy Storage Collaboration Agreement'

Seeking a larger role in the energy storage sector, GE Oil & Gas has signed a global licensing and technology collaboration agreement with Highview Power Storage, a U.K supplier of large-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) systems. The companies will explore opportunities to integrate Highview's LAES technology in peaker power plants where GE gas turbines and gas engines are currently or will be installed to increase power plant efficiency, grid reliability and the distribution of renewable energy.

Highview's LAES technology uses liquid air or nitrogen as the storage medium to provide long-duration energy storage without the geographical restrictions found with other energy storage methods. The technology also can convert low-grade waste heat into power, increasing the overall efficiency of a host power plant.

18 March 2014 - GasWorld, 'GE and Highview Power Storage sign agreement'

Seeking a larger role in the energy storage sector, GE Oil & Gas has signed a global licensing and collaboration agreement with Highview Power Storage, a UK supplier of large-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) systems.

The companies will explore opportunities to integrate Highview’s LAES technology in peaker power plants where GE gas turbines and gas engines are currently – or will be – installed to increase power plant efficiency, grid reliability and the distribution of renewable energy.

UK firm Highview Power Storage and GE Oil & Gas have signed an agreement to collaborate on an energy storage project.

They will look into integrating Highview's liquid air energy storage technology in power plants where GE gas turbines and engines will be installed. They aim to increase the plans efficiency, grid reliability and the distribution of renewable energy.

18 March 2014 - ReCharge, 'GE inks liquid-air storage pact'

Industrial giant GE has inked a global licensing and collaboration deal with UK liquid air energy-storage (Laes) outfit Highview Power Storage (HPS).

10 March 2014 - Bang Goes The Theory

20 February 2014 - Liquid Air Energy Network Newsletter

The Liquid Air Energy Network has summarised the activity of the liquid air industry in our latest quarterly update.

Two British companies have been awarded more than £8million to build a commercial-scale liquid air energy storage demonstrator.

The funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), has been awarded to energy technology company Highview Power and waste management company Viridor.

The plan is to build a 5MW/15MWh pilot plant at Viridor's landfill site in Canterbury, Kent by 2015.

In addition to providing energy storage, the LAES plant will convert waste heat to power using heat from the on-site landfill gas engines.

A partnership between Viridor and Highview Power Storage has been awarded £8 million to develop an energy storage demonstration project.

The funding has come from DECC from its innovation competition to support energy storage technology research and development.

Viridor will work with liquid air energy storage systems designer and developer Highview Power Storage to build and operate the 5MW/15MWh energy storage demonstration project at Viridor’s landfill site in Canterbury, Kent.

Businesses with a low-carbon solution for the road transport sector demonstrated their products at Cleantech Innovate last week – an event designed to match high-tech companies with investors.

From efficient electric powertrains to liquid-air engines, and advances in fuel cells and refrigerated transport, all are designed to cut carbon emissions, improve efficiency and also reduce costs for transport operators.

17 February 2014 - Renewable Energy Focus, Viridor-Highview partnership wins £8 million boost for energy storage innovation, Renewable Energy Focus

In the UK, Viridor Waste Management and Highview Power Storage been awarded more than £8 million (US$13.4 million) to jointly develop an energy storage technology that stores air in liquid form. The contract was announced as the UK’s Low Carbon Innovation Coordination Group published a Strategic Framework on Coordinating Low Carbon Technology Innovation Support.

The Government is to pay £8 million for the construction of a commercial-scale liquid air energy storage demonstrator.

The funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), has been awarded to energy technology company Highview Power and waste management company Viridor for the construction and operation of a 5MW/15MWh pilot plant by the middle of 2015.

Dearman is showcasing a zero emission piston engine using liquid air as the fuel. Savings of 20 – 25% in diesel and 100% in emissions mean that the engine has applications in the global refrigeration and transport markets. The inventive step lies in the use a heat exchange fluid to promote rapid heat transfer inside the engine, vapourising the liquid air into gas and, uniquely, extracting both power and cooling from the same unit of fuel.

Highview Power Storage, in collaboration with Viridor, has been awarded funding for a 5MW/15MWh energy storage demonstration project by the UK Government.

The funding, valued at more than £8 million, has been awarded as part of the ‘Energy Storage Technology Demonstration Competition’, run by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). It will support the design and testing of a pre-commercial demonstration LAES system alongside one of Viridor’s landfill gas generation plants in the UK.

14 February 2014 - Utility Week, Liquid air plant gets £8 million for energy storage trial

It is the largest of four projects to win a share of a £17 million innovation pot from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The other three involve different types of battery storage.

A liquid air energy storage (LAES) technology is to be demonstrated at multi-MW, grid scale following the provision of £8 million funding by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

LAES designer and developer Highview Power Storage is to work with recycling and renewable energy firm Viridor on the 5MW/15MWh energy storage demonstration project.

The U.K. backed plans to turn air into liquid as a way to store energy from volatile solar and wind plants, granting more than 8 million pounds ($13 million).

The Department of Energy and Climate Change awarded funds to a partnership of Viridor Waste Management Ltd. and Highview Power Storage to seek to commercialize the technology and link it to the grid, it said today in an e-mailed statement.

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Two British firms have tucked away £8 million from a government competition to back energy storage.

Viridor Waste Management and tech firm Highview Power Storage bagged the cash to develop a technology to store air in a liquid state.

This would then be used to supply electricity at times of high demand.

13 February 2014 - Design Products and Applications, Highview and Viridor are awarded funding to scale up LAES technology

The Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) system is to be demonstrated at multi-MW scale, thanks to an £8m grant awarded as part of DECC's Energy Storage Technology Demonstration Competition.

Highview Power Storage, a UK designer and developer of Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) systems, in collaboration with Viridor, one of the UK’s leading recycling, renewable energy and waste management companies, has been awarded funding for a 5MW/15MWh energy storage demonstration project by the UK government.

Two British companies have received more than £8 million in government funding to develop liquid-air-based technology for energy storage.

Viridor Waste Management Ltd. and Highview Power Storage won the funding through a UK Department of Energy and Climate Change competition to support energy storage technology research and development.

An innovative energy storage technology that promises help to balance supply and demand on the national grid has received a major boost today as the government announced £8m of funding to support the project.

5 February 2014 - Engine Technology International - World's first liquid air engine on schedule

The world’s first liquid air engine – designed to provide the power for refrigerated trailer applications – is on track to undertake full on-vehicle testing by the summer of 2014, according to Dearman Engine, the manufacturer behind the concept.

The innovative engine concept, which is being developed in the UK in partnership with MIRA (Motor Industry Research Association), Air Products, Ricardo, and a number of UK universities including Leeds, Birmingham, Loughborough and Brighton, is jointly funded by the consortium partners and the UK government.

Here’s a new one for you; an engine that can run on the stream produced by boiling liquid nitrogen. The Dearman Engine Company is set to begin trials this summer on a revolutionary zero emissions engine that uses liquid air as fuel. It’s a new idea on an old concept, and it has a tremendous amount of promise.

Government pays tens of millions of pounds a year to wind farm operators to turn off the turbines because they are producing electricity 'at the wrong time'.

The efficiency of our energy system is greatly reduced because of lack of energy storage; proper storage would immediately increase efficiency and Scotland would meet its ambitious renewables targets significantly quicker.

Holyrood ministers are coming under pressure to launch a £1.5 billion scheme to store energy using "liquid air" batteries and other technologies to help meet future power needs.

An expert report due out this week by the left-leaning Jimmy Reid Foundation calls for a radical rethink by the Scottish Government.

It should adopt "a much more ambitious strategy" on energy storage to create jobs, wealth and exports, it says.

The idea has been backed by a leading Scottish Nationalist, the renewables industry and environmentalists.

Turning air into liquid could help supply the UK's energy needs and produce a £1 billion industry with 20,000 jobs, according to a scientist.

Robert Morgan, principal research fellow at the University of Brighton's School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, took part in a study and co-authored a white paper on how air can be turned into liquid using surplus energy from renewable generation such as wind and solar power.

The world’s first liquid air engine will take a big step closer to reality this summer when U.K.-based Dearman Engine Company begins full-on vehicle testing of its Dearman heat engine. The nitrogen-fueled engine is designed to propel refrigerated trucks, providing an emission-free and fuel efficient ride. The engine could go into production in two years, saving U.K. heavy-duty vehicles 1.3 billion liters of diesel consumption and reducing carbon emissions by more than a million tons by 2025 while dramatically reducing air pollution.

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23 January 2014 - MICEBTN - Zero emissions engine closer

Developed by the UK-based Dearman Engine Company, it is designed to provide power for refrigerated trailer applications and could be in production within two years.

The concept for the new technology includes a diesel-hybrid, with the Dearman engine delivering more than a 25 per cent reduction in fuel consumption for a heavy-duty diesel engine.

Turning air into liquid could help supply the UK's energy needs and produce a £1 billion industry with 20,000 jobs, according to a Brighton scientist.

Robert Morgan, principal research fellow at the University of Brighton's School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, took part in a study and co-authored a white paper on how air can be turned into liquid using surplus energy from renewable generation such as wind and solar power.

A revolutionary new zero-emission engine could save truck operators thousands of pounds in fuel costs, it has been claimed.

The UK-developed Dearman engine, which runs on liquid nitrogen, will undertake full on-vehicle testing this summer, and provides the power for refrigerated trailer applications.

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Turning air into liquid could help tackle the UK’s energy shortage and produce a £1bn industry with 20,000 jobs, according to a University of Brighton scientist.

21 January 2014, Transport Engineer - World’s first liquid air engine is on schedule

A revolutionary zero-emission engine that could also save temperature-controlled truck operators thousands of pounds in fuel is on track to undertake on-vehicle testing this summer.

Liquid air is currently having its moment and is now widely recognised as a zero-emissions transport fuel. Developed by British inventor Peter Dearman over 30 years in a garage-turned-workshop in Hertfordshire, the liquid air engine was noticed by Toby Peters, the Chief Executive and Founding Director of Dearman Engines

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A new zero-emission engine could save truck operators thousands of pounds in fuel costs and the environment millions of tonnes in emissions through new cool chain systems for food distribution and in motive power applications.

17 January 2014, Design Products and Applications - Liquid air engine on schedule for vehicle testing this summer

The UK developed Dearman engine, which runs on liquid air (liquid nitrogen) is on track to undertake full on-vehicle testing by the summer of 2014.

The engine, designed to provide the power for refrigerated trailer applications, could be in production within two years and, with a network of industrial gas plants across the UK already producing liquid nitrogen, there is no infrastructure barrier to rapid deployment.

The Dearman liquid air engine - an innovative heat engine that uses liquid air as a ‘fuel’ - completed its ‘shakedown’ testing milestone at the end of 2013 at Imperial College, London, and is moving into a three-month programme of tests and performance mapping.

The Dearman liquid air engine—an innovative heat engine that uses liquid air (or liquid nitrogen) as a “fuel” and emits cold air as exhaust —completed its shakedown testing milestone at the end of 2013 at Imperial College, London, and is moving into a three-month program of tests and performance mapping.

A revolutionary new zero-emission engine could save truck operators thousands of pounds in fuel costs and the environment millions of tonnes in emissions through new cool chain systems for food distribution and in motive power applications.

16 January 2014, Bloomberg TV - Harnessing electricity from frozen air

Gareth Brett, CEO of Highview Power Storage, discusses using cryogenics to produce electrity and the impact that may have on energy supply in the future.

16 January 2014, Automotive World - Dearman Engine Company liquid air breakfast briefing at Automotive World's Megatrends India '14

A breakfast seminar, hosted by Dearman Engine and focusing on “Liquid air – zero-emission power and cooling for the transport sector?” has been scheduled for , which takes place in Chennai on 25 February 2014.

It took Peter Dearman 30 years to develop his liquid air engine, tucked away in a tiny garage workshop in Hertfordshire, UK. But it only took Toby Peters, the Chief Executive of the Dearman Engine company, a tiny fraction of that time to decide that he wanted in. Not letting his initial excitement get the best of him, Peters took the technology to the University of Leeds to see if the science stacked up. Delighted with the positive results, he and Dearman teamed up and the Dearman Engine Company was born.

The Centre for Low Carbon Futures energy storage programme covers technology development, demonstration activities, and market and policy analysis. We are integrating academic research with business needs and policy making.

October 2013, Smart Energy Universe - Liquid air's "huge potential" highlighted

Liquid air technologies could help Britain tackle some of its toughest energy challenges, says a new report launched at Parliament today.

The report, “Liquid Air Technologies – a guide to the potential”, shows how liquid air could help balance an electricity grid increasingly dominated by intermittent renewables; provide strategic energy storage to keep the lights on; sharply reduce CO2 and tail-pipe emissions from vehicles; and convert low grade waste heat into usable energy throughout the economy.

The report, “Liquid Air Technologies – a guide to the potential”, launched in the British Parliament yesterday shows how liquid air could help balance an electricity grid increasingly dominated by discontinuous renewables. Liquid air technology could also provide an energy storage, reduce CO₂ and convert waste heat into usable energy.

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22 October 2013, Gasworld - Liquid air's "huge potential" highlighted

Liquid air technologies could help Britain tackle some of its toughest energy challenges, says a new report launched at Parliament today (22nd October).

The report, “Liquid Air Technologies – a guide to the potential”, shows how liquid air could help balance an electricity grid increasingly dominated by intermittent renewables; provide strategic energy storage to keep the lights on; sharply reduce CO₂ and tail-pipe emissions from vehicles; and convert low grade waste heat into usable energy throughout the economy.

Liquid air technologies could help Britain tackle some of its toughest energy challenges, says a new report launched at Parliament today.

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22 October 2013, BBC Radio WM - Interview with Dr Jonathan Radcliffe

1 October 2013, Gasworld - Government funds liquid air engine test

The dream of having an engine fuelled by liquid air could soon become reality after the Government funds the world’s first commercial vehicle demonstration. A consortium of the Dearman Engine Company (DEC), MIRA, Air Products and Loughborough University has won an IDP8 grant from the Technology Strategy Board, the UK’s innovation agency, to build and test a liquid air engine fitted in a commercial vehicle. 

A Brit Nagykövetség meghívására egy napra Budapestre látogatott Richard Williams professzor, a Birminghami Egyetem műszaki és fizikai kutatóintézetének vezetője.

Brit találmány oldhatja meg a szél- és napáram problémáit. Ötletes energiatárolási módszert mutattak be tegnap a Műegyetemen. Tulajdonképpen a felfedezéstől számítva nyolcéves történet elevenedett meg a brit nagykövetség, a magyar egyetem és az Okos Jövő Innovációs Klaszter szervezésében, amikor Richard A. Williams, a Birminghami Egyetem Műszaki és Természettudományi Karának vezetője vázolta a cseppfolyós levegővel megvalósuló energiatárolás technológiáját.

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If we captured a mere fraction of the solar and wind energy available on earth, we could make far more electric power than we’d know what to do with. The resulting power would involve zero emissions, no fuel to continuously buy, and no risk of contamination from radioactive waste.

The perennial argument against these two free and permanent power sources is that we can’t always count on them being available to provide electricity. But one emerging technology, liquid-air energy storage, could change that in the near future.

The power of frozen air is to be harnessed in trucks – in an engine containing liquid nitrogen.

Last week its developers won a grant from the Technology Strategy Board, the UK’s innovation agency, to build and test their liquid air engine fitted in a commercial vehicle.

The Low Carbon Vehicle Show 2013 showcased a range of new technology from a number of leading UK sources to demonstrate the sustainability of a future automotive industry.

For example, Dearman Engine Company Limited, Ricardo, E4tech, MIRA and leading UK academic and research institutions have received government funding to develop a zero emission, piston engine that runs on a common industrial product, liquid air (or liquid nitrogen).

5 September 2013, Gasworld - Government funds world's first liquid air energy engine test

The dream of having an engine fuelled by liquid air could soon become reality after the Government funds the world’s first commercial vehicle demonstration.

A consortium of the Dearman Engine Company (DEC), MIRA, Air Products and Loughborough University has won an IDP8[1]grant from the Technology Strategy Board, the UK’s innovation agency, to build and test a liquid air engine fitted in a commercial vehicle. 

A consortium has won an IDP8 grant from the Technology Strategy Board to build and test a liquid air engine fitted in a commercial vehicle.

The project will demonstrate the Dearman Engine - an innovative heat engine that uses liquid nitrogen as a 'fuel' - on a refrigerated truck providing zero-emission cooling and power during 2014.

A liquid air engine will be fitted and tested in a refrigerated vehicle thanks to a grant from the Technology Strategy Board.

The project will demonstrate the Dearman Engine, an innovative heat exchange engine which uses liquid nitrogen as a fuel. The engine will provide zero-emission cooling and power.

The tests will be done in conjunction with the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) and take place before the end of 2014. It will be followed by road field trials.

A consortium of the Dearman Engine Company (DEC), Loughborough University, MIRA and Air Products has won funding from the Technology Strategy Board to build and test a liquid air engine fitted in a commercial vehicle.

The project will demonstrate throughout 2014 the Dearman Engine – an innovative heat engine that uses liquid nitrogen as a fuel – on a refrigerated truck providing zero-emission cooling and power. An Industrial Advisory Board representing fleet operators will advise the consortium partners and review the benefits of the technology to their fleets.

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4 September 2013, World's first liquid air engine commercial vehicle demonstration secured Government funding

A consortium of the Dearman Engine Company (DEC), MIRA, Air Products and Loughborough University has won an IDP8 grant from the Technology Strategy Board, the UK’s innovation agency, to build and test a liquid air engine fitted in a commercial vehicle.

The project will demonstrate the Dearman Engine - an innovative heat engine that uses liquid nitrogen as a “fuel” - on a refrigerated truck providing zero-emission cooling and power during 2014. An Industrial Advisory Board representing fleet operators will advise the consortium partners and review the benefits of the technology to their fleets.

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Minister for universities and science, David Willetts, said: ‘For Britain to get ahead in the global race we have to back emerging technologies and ensure our universities have the latest equipment. This capital investment will help scientists make new discoveries and take their research through to commercial success. It will drive growth and support the government’s industrial strategy.’

17 July 2013, University of Birmingham - University research to develop technologies which could transform electricity system

The University of Birmingham has won a £6m grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to create a new Centre for Cryogenic Energy Storage. The ‘liquid air’ technology could revolutionise the storage of energy, reducing the costs of integrating intermittent generation into the electricity system and ensuring power is available when it is most needed.

This funding is part of an investment of £85 million to support university research announced today (17 July 2013) by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science.

If conditions are good, wind, sun and sea may generate more electricity than the grid can take, but at other times they may not produce enough.

One solution to this problem is to store up surplus renewable power, so it can be released when it is needed. And British company Highview Power Storage have come up with a new way of doing this, using a resource that is all around us – air.

The Centre For Low Carbon Futures has revealed that liquid air could power cars in the future.

With two companies working on liquid air engines, the technology is gearing up to become a viable option in the low-emission vehicle stakes.

As a teenager in the 1960s, Peter Dearman wondered what the world would do without oil, and he had the idea of using cold as a store of energy. He read up about liquid nitrogen in the Encyclopedia Britannica, and worked out a way to harvest energy from the stuff.

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July 2013, Gasworld - Liquid air - Nitrogen economy or false economy?

As liquid air continues to gather pace and plaudits, gasworld looks at its feasibility, at the heart of which are industrial gases and expertise.

If it takes off as hoped, a nitrogen economy could not only help to decarbonise energy supply, but could also be the stimulus for an even more prosperous industrial gases business. With the industry essentially at the heart of this new energy frontier, what is its response to liquid air?

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July 2013, Euroasia industry - Cool Runnings

Faced with an uncertain environmental future, industry has to adapt and innovate as its dependence on conventional power supplies and fuelling methods are pushed to the limit. One innovation that could play a crucial role in facilitating decarbonised future is Liquid Air technology – an environmentally friendly “cryo-power” pioneered by British inventor, Peter Dearman. Euroasia Industry’s Leonard Owen speaks to Toby Peters, CEO of the Dearman Engine Company, and Professor Richard Williams, Head of the College of Engineering & Physical Sciences at the University of Birmingham, for their views on how Liquid Air could be developed to meet future power and vehicular needs.

According to researchers from Imperial College London, if this electricity could be efficiently stored for use later, the UK energy industry could save £10bn a year by 2050.

It is not surprising, then, that the UK government is encouraging companies to address this challenge. A competition has been organised by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), offering £17m in support funding to be split among small engineering companies that can develop electricity storage systems.

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June 2013, The Energy Industry Times - The answer is in the air

Balancing supply and demand in grids that are having to accommodate an increasing amount of intermittent renewable generation, such as wind and solar, is one of the major technical challenges facing today’s power sector.

尽管被很多工程师视作一种破坏性的技术，但实际上液化空气的用途还远不止于此。降温至-196摄氏度的低温液化空气可以被视作一种储能机制，这种思想将有可能颠覆我们对现有活塞式发动机和储能计划形式的认识

The handling of Britain’s energy strategy leaves much to be desired, subject as it is to short term politics over long term planning. We face a that stems from the opposing tension of climate change, energy security, and the cost of electricity generation. These are the elephants in the chamber during this week’s parliamentary discussion of the Energy Bill.

The Dearman engine is able to scavenge large amounts of this low-level waste heat, which brings the potential of hybrid applications with conventional engines. There is also the possibility of using the Dearman engine in hybrid applications in buses, scavenging the cabin heat from passengers, or in refrigerated vehicles, where the energy from the hot food cooling in the back can help drive the vehicle. Machines working in mines where getting rid of heat is a problem are also a potential market.

Certainly the idea has potential. Just one litre of viscous blue cryogenic liquid air, stored in a vacuum flask is the equivalent of 700 litres of atmospheric air. On release the liquid quickly boils, expands by 700 per cent and returns harmlessly back to the atmosphere. It's that expansion that can be used to drive turbines, or piston engines such as the Dearman Engine. "Engineers like that expansion," says Colin Garner, Professor of Applied Thermodynamics at Loughborough University, "they can do things with that."

Energy storage would help balance supply and demand as Britain aims for 15 percent of its energy to come from intermittent renewable sources by 2020 from about 9.4 percent now. Liquid air storage, such as that being developed by Highview, has the potential to open up an industry worth 1 billion pounds a year to the U.K., a report published May 9 showed.

Industrial gases specialist Messer has supported a study of energy storage using liquid air, which was presented by the UK’s Centre for Low Carbon Futures (CLCF) at a conference in London earlier this month.

A white paper and conference has explored the potential of liquid air to resolve a number of issues relating to effective energy storage.

Some engineers are dusting off an old idea for storing energy—using electricity to liquefy air by cooling it down to nearly 200 °C below zero. When power is needed, the liquefied air is allowed to warm up and expand to drive a steam turbine and generator.

17 May 2013, Your Renewable News - Liquid air could unlock £1bn industry

Construction of Britain’s first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage plant could begin this year after the government revealed the winners of its new technology competition.

Professor Richard Williams discusses the potential of Liquid Air Energy on Sky News

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12 May 2013, GasWorld - Two liquid air projects through to feasibility stage of competition

Highview Power Storage, an award-winning UK developer of utility scale liquid air energy storage technologies, has had two multi-MW projects successfully put through to the feasibility stage of DECC’s Energy Storage Technology Demonstration Competition.

The news comes in the same week that a major new report from business and academic experts highlighted the ‘critical role’ that liquid air could play in Britain’s low carbon energy future.

10 May 2013, The Engineer - First commercial liquid air plant among UK competition winners

Construction of Britain’s first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage plant could begin this year after the government revealed the winners of its new technology competition.

The announcement that two liquid air-based facilities are among the 12 projects to share £500,000 for feasibility studies into a range of energy storage systems comes as a new report argues cryogenic technology could create a £1bn industry and 22,000 jobs in the UK.

10 May 2013, GasWorld - Liquid Air could unlock 1bn business and 22,000 UK jobs

Liquid air is a proven energy storage technology that could play a critical role in Britain’s low carbon energy future, according to a major new report from business and academic experts.

10 May 2013, Engineering and Technology Magazine - Liquid air energy storage could become £1bn industry

10 May 2013, E2B - Liquid air could boost UK energy security, help decarbonise transport

A report by the Carbon for Low Carbon Futures (CLCF), has highlighted the use of liquid air could increase the energy security of the UK, while cutting greenhouse gas emission and creating a storage industry worth approximately £1 billion, with 22,000 new jobs.

10 May 2013, GasWorld - Liquid Air Explained

With the launch of a new report highlighting the potential of liquid air as an energy storage technology, there are bold predictions about energy security and prospects for UK industry.

10 May 2013, Bloomberg - Renewable Power Could Be Stored as Liquid Air, U.K. Lobby Says

Turning air into liquid using surplus energy from wind and solar could be a way to store power from intermittent sources and open up an industry worth 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) a year to the U.K., a report showed.

10 May 2013, 4-traders - Ricardo plc : Ricardo contributes to landmark report on liquid air as a sustainable energy vector

The report, Liquid Air in the energy and transport systems: Opportunities for industry and innovation in the UK is the culmination of a six-month study on the potential of liquid air as a new and sustainable energy vector. Organized by the Centre for Low Carbon Futures, the work was conducted by a collaboration including industrial partners Arup, Dearman Engine Company, E4 Tech, Highview, Messer Group and Ricardo, as well as academics from the Universities of Leeds, Birmingham, Strathclyde, Brighton and Imperial College London.

10 May 2013, reNews - Liquid air on storage menu

Liquid air technologies could strengthen the UK’s energy security by providing power storage for surplus renewables, according to a report by the Centre for Low Carbon Futures.

The group said liquid air would cut greenhouse gas emissions and create a new industry worth at least £1bn a year in the UK by 2050, as well as creating 20,000 jobs.

10 May 2013, Plant Engineer - Liquefied air to generate commercial scale electricity

A consortium comprising National Grid, Costain and Highview Power Storage is expected to build the UK's first grid scale liquid air energy storage plant.

10 May 2013, ARUP - Liquid air could unlock £1bn industry

Liquid air is a proven energy storage technology that could play a critical role in Britain’s low carbon energy future, according to a major new report from business and academic experts.

10 May 2013, Green Car Congress - Liquid Air Energy Network forms in UK; focus on transportation and energy storage

A new new forum for the advocacy and development of liquid air as an alternative technology to harness waste and surplus energy within power and transport—the Liquid Air Energy Network (LAEN)—has formed in the UK.

10 May 2013, Power-technology.com - Liquid air technology will boost UK’s energy security, says report

Turning air into liquid for grid-based energy storage could increase the UK's energy security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a new industry worth £1bn, according to a new report published by the Centre for Low Carbon Futures (CLCF).

Reports show that one gasometer tank of liquid air would produce enough energy to cover 5GW of lost wind power for close to three hours. This would be the same as saying that it can cover close to 10 percent of the UK’s peak energy needs. In short, this energy could help keep the lights on all across the UK.

10 May 2013, Royal Academy of Engineering - Liquid air energy - a new industry for the UK?

The Academy hosted a discussion meeting yesterday on the potential of using liquid air as a new and sustainable vector for both energy storage and transport, attended by academics, industrialists and investors in the energy field.

10 May 2013, UKERC - Liquid Air Energy Network (LAEN) formed in the UK

LAEN which was an outcome of the report, will serve as the global hub where new ideas are demonstrated and shared, and promote liquid air as a potential energy solution among researchers, technology developers, manufacturers, energy producers and consumers, and government.

9 May 2013, Renewable Energy Magazine - Renewable energy could be stored as liquid air finds new report

The Centre for Low Carbon Futures has launched a report showing that air could potentially be turned into liquid as a means of storing power from renewable energy generators.

The new technique could create an energy storage industry worth £1 billion ($1.6 billion) per year to the UK economy and would fundamentally address the problem of energy storage for renewable technologies. As many as 22,000 jobs could be created by 2050.

April edition, ATSE Focus - Is liquid air the missing link in energy storage?

There are alternatives. For example, in the UK there is a growing interest in the notion of cryogenic liquids. These are reported to be at a lower cost point and more likely to be suitable where solar energy can be used to drive compressors to compress air to liquid air (as cryogenic fluids). Liquid air is potentially an energy vector in itself and vaporisation of the liquid using low-grade waste heat makes for a very efficient system that then drives a generator. The round-trip efficiency of these systems rivals batteries.

26 March 2013, Renewable Energy Magazine - RAE hosts one-day conference on Liquid Air Energy

These cryogenic liquids are already widely used in industry but their potential for use as an energy vector is only just beginning to be explored. Consequently, discussion concerning liquid air is not yet part of the mainstream energy debate, despite the apparent huge potential the technology offers. For example it is uniquely able to recover low grade waste heat from sources such as thermal generation, data centres and industrial processes as well as vehicle engines. This heat can then be turned into power and a number of British organisations are developing ways to exploit the technology as a zero emission store and transport fuel. This would in turn create a huge economic opportunity for the UK.

22 March 2013, H&V News - Royal Academy of Engineering to host conference on Liquid Air

A six-month study on the potential of liquid air as a new and sustainable energy vector, published by the Centre for Low Carbon Futures, will be presented at a one-day conference hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering on the 9 May.

Liquid air is a new energy storage technology that many experts believe could help meet some of our toughest energy challenges, including energy security and zero-emission transport.

17 March 2013, ABC News - Running of hot air

If you’re looking for the car of the future, look no further than Peter Dearman’s rusty, 25-year-old Vauxhall Nova.

A beer keg sits in the messy trunk. Pipes run through the middle of the car, which is littered with wrenches and loose bolts. Under the hood, a red, plastic garbage can holds anti-freeze that spills over the sides and a piece of wood holds, well, everything else together.

04 March 2013, The missing link: why Australia needs energy storage

In visiting Australia regularly for the last two decades I have never quite understood why greater value is not placed on the nation’s latent solar and nuclear energy assets. Perhaps it is because Australia thinks there is a vital missing link: the ability to store energy.

07 February 2013, Allianz Knowledge - Running of hot air

The race towards zero emissions motoring is getting more crowded. As electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles struggle to gain traction, they face competition from a new rival: liquid nitrogen.

30 January 2013, Bloomberg Businessweek - Can Liquid Nitrogen Be Used to Fuel Cars?

Planet Forward examines the potential and feasibility of using liquid nitrogen as fuel in cars.

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02 January 2013, New Scientist - Into thin air: Storage salvation for green energy

However, air may yet hold the key to energy storage – in liquid form. For the past two years, on a patch of land not much bigger than a basketball court in Slough, UK, a liquid air pilot storage plant has been quietly generating electricity using the excess energy from a neighbouring biomass plant. This tangle of gleaming white pipes and tanks has enough advantages over rival technologies to have been hailed as a critical part of our energy future.

12 December 2012, Southern African Alternative Energy Association - First Liquid Air Energy report

Global engineering consultancy, Arup, and leading privately-owned industrial gas company, Messer Group, sponsor first Liquid Air Energy report.

A group including leading academics, research institutions, industry and policy experts is producing a White Paper to explore the energy and economic potential of liquid air, and whether it should - and can – become a new strategic sector in the global ‘clean tech’ ecosystem.

All that hard work is starting to pay off, as interest in the 61-year-old’s invention — which has applications for both motoring and renewable energy storage — gathers pace.

The first – liquid air technology – is a hugely promising method of storing ‘wrong-time’ renewable energy without the need for expensive and geographically constrictive pumped-hydro plants, and one Bishop Stortford engineer is even working on a liquid air engine for use in transportation. The idea of liquid air as an energy vector is not new. Scientists first liquefied air in 1883, and within 20 years the Liquid Air Car Company had produced a vehicle that would run on it.

15 October 2012, ACR News - Cryogenics has key role in renewable energy storage idea

It is well known that a large scale means of storing renewable energy is an absolute necessity for the future success of the low carbon grid With our dash for green electricity, the deployment of wind farms has already outstripped the ability of many grids throughout the world to integrate this intermittent source of energy.

15 October 2012, The Economist - Difference Engine: End of the electric car?

The big difference is that a liquid-nitrogen car is likely to be considerably cheaper to build than an electric vehicle. For one thing, its engine does not have to cope with high temperatures—and could therefore be fabricated out of cheap alloys or even plastics.

07 October 2012, Sky News - Liquid Air Could Be The Fuel Of The Future

Cars, homes and factories could be powered using the air we breathe in the future, according to engineers at a special summit.

British scientists developing the technology say normal air can be used to store energy by cooling it to -190C, turning it into a liquid.

04 October 2012, ABC Radio Melbourne - ABC Radio Melbourne Breakfast with Red Symons

Listen to Dr Tim Fox discuss liquid air on Australian radio.

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04 October 2012, NBC News - ‘Frozen air’ could heat up renewable energy

The journey to a cooler, greener planet may start with a breath of fresh air, suggests a battery technology under development that could rapidly solve one of the biggest problems with wind and solar energy.

Liquid air made a splash. Sadly it’s not often that an engineering story – unless it’s a nuclear reactor going into meltdown or an aircraft downed by a birdstrike – gets a lot of airtime in the mainstream media. But yesterday’s carefully co-ordinated effort by the IMechE, Highview Power Storage, a number of academics and the automotive engineering consultancy Ricardo to make the world sit up and pay attention to liquid air paid off.

A number of concerns are frequently cited when considering electricity supply: whether renewables can be developed quickly enough to meet targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; whether the economic climate is right to encourage investors to build nuclear power stations; and whether gas-fired power stations should be fitted with carbon capture and storage technology.

02 October 2012, BBC Radio 5 - Breakfast

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02 October 2012, BBC News - Liquid air ‘offers energy storage hope’

Turning air into liquid may offer a solution to one of the great challenges in engineering – how to store energy.

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers says liquid air can compete with batteries and hydrogen to store excess energy generated from renewables.

We’re at a crossroads in the quest for energy security, with sustainable solutions required to ensure our energy security – and one of these proposed solutions will be discussed at a high-profile launch event next week.