Is this something coming to aid the days-long winter lulls in solar/wind? Or is it another hype article on tech that's still got a lot of question as to feasibility?
"By 2021, Noon also earned the support of other funders, including a CalSEED grant from the California Energy Commission and New Energy Nexus along with support from the Wallenius Wilhemsen’s Orcelle Award (through the Ocean Exchange), and an additional BRIDGE grant from the California Energy Commission. The company also raised a seed round of private investment totaling $3 million, followed by a $28 million Series A funding round led by Clean Energy Ventures with Aramco Ventures’ Sustainability Fund. Emerson Collective, At One Ventures, Mistletoe, and Doral Energy-Tech Ventures also participated, among others.
In the latest news, on January 21, Noon announced the successful demonstration of its “ultra-long-duration energy storage (ultra-LDES)” at scale, at a solar array in Yolo County, California. The project was supported by an $8.76 million grant from the California Energy Commission.
“The project will demonstrate a reversible carbon dioxide to carbon conversion-based storage system to provide 100 kilowatts / 10 megawatt-hours of LDES combined with an existing solar PV field to provide up to 100 hours of capacity for regional disadvantaged and low-income communities, and energy offsets to critical facilities in Yolo County,” CEC explained upon approving the grant in 2024."
Source: ZunderBuss