Kyoto Group is pleased to announce that the first ever full-scale Heatcube, at the Nordjylland Power Station in Aalborg, Denmark (“Norbis Park”) has now been connected to the grid and the high voltage connection between the transformer building and the world’s largest electrical heater for molten salt, as a key equipment of Heatcube, has been successfully commissioned.
The connection and electronical testing of the heater were accompanied by a team of technicians from Vulcanic, the Spirax Sarco company that has delivered the electrical heater to Heatcube at Norbis Park and that recently invested in and signed a long-term Partnership Agreement with Kyoto Group, covering commercial roll-out and technology development related to the electrical heater for future generations of Heatcube.
“We are proud of the smooth and successful introduction of the world’s largest electrical heater for molten salt and are looking forward to the large-scale commercial roll-out of Heatcube as well as the further development of the technology together with Kyoto Group,” says Christopher Molnar, Managing Director of Vulcanic and incoming board member of Kyoto Group.
Heatcube is now monitored and controlled using the Battery Management System (BMS) from a remote control room or locally at the panels, by the commissioning engineers. The BMS enables all equipment and assets for testing and protects Heatcube using automatic safety measures which are now installed.
“Today marks a momentous milestone in our journey as a leading technology provider to the net-zero society,” says Kyoto’s Chief Project Officer Agnieszka Sledz.
“We are about to successfully conclude our groundbreaking project that not only showcases the capabilities of our technology as well as our organization but also sets a precedent for thermal energy storage as an enabler to electrify industrial process heat.”
The final step in the hot commissioning process for Heatcube at Norbis Park is to circulate molten salt through Heatcube to discharge steam from the steam generator, which is planned for the second half of July.
