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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2019
Energy Vault, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Mauro Pedretti-Rodi, Biasca, CH;
Energy Vault, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Abstract
The method according to the invention relates to the storage of energy in the form of a compressed fluid which is pumped into a container () arranged below a water surface () to store the energy, wherein the fluid entering the container displaces an existing content, comprising water, from the container and into the surrounding water, and compressed fluid is removed from the container () to remove energy, wherein surrounding water flows back into the container according to the volume of the removed, compressed fluid, characterized in that the container () is provided with flexible walls at least in some parts and is arranged on a seabed () or lake bed () and there is covered by ballast () such that it is pressed against the substrate even when completely filled with compressed fluid.