Calmac Icebank Energy Storage

Editor's Notes

• #2: My name is Paul Valenta and I am Vice President for Sales and Marketing at CALMAC Mfg. Corp. (www.calmac.com) We have been in business for over 60 years. We manufacture the energy storage tanks that you see in the circle. It captures and stores energy in the form of ice for use during peak periods when cooling loads are excessive, electricity is expensive or when the grid is stressed. It’s a lot cheaper to store a btu than the electron required to create it!
• #3: My name is Paul Valenta and I am Vice President for Sales and Marketing at CALMAC Mfg. Corp. (www.calmac.com) We have been in business for over 60 years. We manufacture the energy storage tanks that you see in the circle. It captures and stores energy in the form of ice for use during peak periods when cooling loads are excessive, electricity is expensive or when the grid is stressed. It’s a lot cheaper to store a btu than the electron required to create it!
• #4: At night, energy is consumed by the building from the grid to charge the tanks with a right sized efficient chiller. Renewable energy is becoming a bigger component of nighttime generation which helps to lower our dependence of fossil fuels while reducing emissions. Additionally night time energy is generated and transmitted more efficiently at and is almost half the cost of on peak electricity. Because it is generated more efficiently, less source fuel is used which reduces GHG emissions. The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) says that the only form of energy not to increase in cost in the last 40 years, when converted to todays dollars, is night time electricity. What a great hedge in todays volatile energy market!
• #5: At night, energy is consumed by the building from the grid to charge the tanks with a right sized efficient chiller. Renewable energy is becoming a bigger component of nighttime generation which helps to lower our dependence of fossil fuels while reducing emissions. Additionally night time energy is generated and transmitted more efficiently at and is almost half the cost of on peak electricity. Because it is generated more efficiently, less source fuel is used which reduces GHG emissions. The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) says that the only form of energy not to increase in cost in the last 40 years, when converted to todays dollars, is night time electricity. What a great hedge in todays volatile energy market!
• #6: During the day, the building is cooled in a conventional manner with electricity supplied from the grid which may contain renewable energy if available. As the day heats up the wind may subside and clouds may fill the sky reducing the renewable energy available and creating heavy electric demand.
• #7: During the day, the building is cooled in a conventional manner with electricity supplied from the grid which may contain renewable energy if available. As the day heats up the wind may subside and clouds may fill the sky reducing the renewable energy available and creating heavy electric demand.
• #8: As the cooling and occupancy peak occurs the demand for electricity becomes very high stressing the grid. As the demand goes up so does the price. Peaking units come on to improve reliability, but they tend to be expensive and dirty.
• #9: When cooling loads are excessive, costs are high, or Demand Response aggregators send a signal to the building owner, the stored cooling is used reducing the demand of the building on the grid while lowering cooling costs for the user 20 – 40%. Reducing demand means more electricity for others, or less reliance on peaking units and the need for even more infrastructure. IceBank™ Storage will operate for 25 years or more, reliably and affordably. Some utilities have rebates and some grid operators have great demand response revenue programs making storage an even better investment.
• #10: When cooling loads are excessive, costs are high, or Demand Response aggregators send a signal to the building owner, the stored cooling is used reducing the demand of the building on the grid while lowering cooling costs for the user 20 – 40%. Reducing demand means more electricity for others, or less reliance on peaking units and the need for even more infrastructure. IceBank™ Storage will operate for 25 years or more, reliably and affordably. Some utilities have rebates and some grid operators have great demand response revenue programs making storage an even better investment.
• #11: CALMAC has over 4000 projects is 35 countries. IceBank™, The World Leader in Energy Storage!