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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2021
Energy Vault, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Andrea Pedretti, Bellinzona, CH;
Mauro Pedretti-Rodi, Canobbio, CH;
Energy Vault, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for energy storage and delivery includes operating a pair of elevator cages to move blocks between a first set of rows in an upper section of the frame and a corresponding second set of rows in a lower section of the frame. The elevator cages move blocks from alternating rows of the second set of rows to corresponding alternating rows of the first set of rows to store electrical energy corresponding to a potential energy of said blocks and move blocks from alternating rows of the first set of rows to corresponding alternating rows of the second set of rows under a force of gravity to generate electricity via an electric motor-generator electrically coupled to the elevator cages. The elevator cages move said blocks between each of the second set of rows and each of the corresponding first set of rows by an equal vertical distance.