World first: Liquid air energy storage plant opens in Manchester

Madeleine Cuff
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Cutting edge energy storage technology cools air to turn it into liquid form

The UK is now home to the world's first liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant, in what could prove a major breakthrough for global power markets. Highview Power switched on its LAES plant at Bury,...

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