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nel Green Power is partnering with Swiss company Energy Vault to integrate the
recycling of decommissioned wind turbine blades into the weights used by the latter's
gravitational energy storage system.

The partnership aims to integrate the gravity energy storage technology with the
recycling of materials no longer needed at wind farms, applying a circular economy
perspective across the entire wind power value chain.

Energy Vault has already interconnected a 5MW commercial demonstration unit in

Ticino, and recently announced the new EVx product platform – a 30 story building
architecture, 40% shorter and fully flexible in terms of charging and discharging
duration.

It uses blocks of solid material, as a storage medium.

These large blocks, weighing around 35 tonnes each, are lifted to store electricity when
an excess of energy is produced and then when electricity is required, the blocks are
lowered, exploiting the force of gravity to generate electricity as they descend.

The entire operations are orchestrated by proprietary software and computer vision that
control the velocity and movement of the blocks.
The agreement signed with Enel Green Power has a series of successive steps planned
that would use composite material from blades used in the blocks.

Enel Green Power head of energy storage and hybrid systems Pasquale Salza said: “The
first phase included a detailed analysis of the technology at the first commercial system
in Switzerland (grid connected in July 2020), and is followed now by a feasibility study
for the creation of an initial commercial plant with an energy capacity in the order of a
few dozen megawatt-hours.

“If everything goes well, by the end of this year we may be able to conclude the
feasibility study with a positive outcome for the construction of the EVx plant.”

Energy Vault chief product officer Marco Terruzzin said: “Our mission is to bridge the
remaining gap in the clean energy pipeline by providing cost-effective and sustainable
energy storage solutions, accelerating the usage of recycled materials for our units.

“As the world-leading clean energy provider, Enel is already delivering impact at a
massive scale, and we are excited to work together in helping to ensure their energy
solutions continue to make a positive impact in terms of cost competitiveness,
sustainability and job opportunities related to the entire supply chain.”

Enel Green Power innovation factory head for the O&M and HSEQ functions Irene
Fastelli said: “The use of (composite) material gives the blocks greater stability and
robustness, increasing their durability and further lowering costs.

“The partnership with Energy Vault involves feasibility studies for integrating the
composite material from Enel Green Power’s decommissioned turbine blades into the
blocks used by the energy storage system.
“All of this occurs as part of a circular process, which includes the decommissioning of
the wind plant, the treatment of the composite material at a shredding plant, its
processing and reintegration into the energy storage system.”