{"id":27084,"date":"2024-02-05T10:12:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=27084"},"modified":"2024-02-05T10:15:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:15:02","slug":"plan-to-turn-one-of-europes-deepest-mines-into-gravity-energy-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/plan-to-turn-one-of-europes-deepest-mines-into-gravity-energy-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan to turn one of Europe&#8217;s deepest mines into gravity energy store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s home to one of Europe&#8217;s deepest mines \u2013 and now a small town in central Finland could host the continent&#8217;s first full-scale gravity energy store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The community of Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi, with just 5000 inhabitants, lies 450km north of Finland&#8217;s capital, Helsinki. Nearby lies Pyh\u00e4salmi Mine \u2013 Europe&#8217;s deepest zinc and copper mine \u2013 owned by First Quantum Minerals, a Canadian mining corporation, and descending 1,444 metres into the earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the mine&#8217;s operations have now ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a plan to transform a disused shaft into an underground energy store \u2013 using technology developed by Edinburgh, Scotland, energy storage firm <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gravitricity.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.gravitricity.com\">Gravitricity<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 could offer new opportunities for the remote community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gravitricity has developed a unique energy storage system, known as GraviStore, which raises and lowers heavy weights in underground shafts \u2013 to offer some of the best characteristics of lithium-ion batteries and pumped hydro storage.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gravistore-Features-v2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gravistore-Features-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gravistore-Features-v2.jpg 916w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gravistore-Features-v2-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gravistore-Features-v2-768x650.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gravitricity uses heavy weights suspended in a deep shaft by cables attached to winches. When there is excess electricity, for example on a windy day, the weight is winched to the top of the shaft ready to generate power. This weight can then be released when required \u2013 in less than a second \u2013 and the winches become generators, producing either a large burst of electricity quickly, or releasing it more slowly depending on what is needed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The local community has set up a special development company, called Callio Pyh\u00e4j\u00e4rvi, to promote regeneration projects at the historic mine, of which the GraviStore scheme will be part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two organisations have now signed an agreement to transform a 530-metre deep auxiliary shaft into a full-scale prototype of Gravitricity&#8217;s technology \u2013 and anticipate this could become Europe&#8217;s first GraviStore deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will now work together to develop the scheme \u2013 which would deliver up to 2MW of storage capacity. This would tie straight into the local electricity grid and provide balancing services to the Finnish network.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Gravitricity signed an agreement with Swedish-Swiss energy multinational ABB to use ABB&#8217;s mine hoist expertise to help accelerate the adoption of underground energy storage. 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Gravitricity is developing innovative gravity energy storage technology that repurposes disused mining facilities to enable them to store renewable energy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the initiative Gravitricity&#8217;s Executive Chairman Martin Wright said: &#8220;This project will demonstrate at full scale how our technology can offer reliable long-life energy storage that can capture and store energy during periods of low demand and release it rapidly when required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This full-scale project will provide a pathway to other commercial projects and allow our solution to be embedded into mine decommissioning activities, offering a potential future for mines approaching the end of their original service life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It will also provide vital new low carbon jobs in an area which has suffered significantly from the end of traditional mining operations.&#8221; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During sixty years of operation, more than 60 million tons of ore were mined and more than 30 million tons of concentrates were produced. 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