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Enabling Liquid Air Energy Storage with Siemens

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The Customer

June 2018 saw the official opening of the world’s first liquid air energy storage plant, designed and developed by Highview Power and housed at project partner Viridor’s, Pilsworth site in Bury.

The plant is enhanced with Siemens technology, to provide instant energy on demand. The combined system can store enough energy for around 5000 homes for several hours, with fast response

The Challenge

Given their durability and versatile interiors, Siemens recognised that there would be many benefits to housing their technology inside of a shipping container. As a result, Siemens reached out to S Jones directly to ensure their requirements for a containerised solution could be fully met.

The S Jones Solution

Utilising a wealth of experience, S Jones delivered a number of innovative and vital elements to this revolutionary project, including;

  • Agile Digital Visualisation:  S Jones created a detailed 3D CAD design model of the container which imported the relevant Siemens technology needed to power the plant. This visualisation was used in Siemens virtual reality simulator enabling S Jones to guide the customer around the art of the possible, enabling quicker decision making and stakeholder engagement for the customer
  • Risk Mitigation: S Jones installed sound attenuated linings and a fire alarm system to ensure health and safety combined with corporate mitigations are adhered to throughout the life of the container plant.
  • Expert Engineering Knowledge: One of the biggest challenges of the container was creating enough space to accommodate the sheer scale of the technology required to run the plant efficiently. S Jones provided complex structural modifications such as a galvanized steel roof platform and a sub floor stiffening structure to ensure the customer had peace of mind that the plant would run safely and effectively.
  • In-house Proofing and Fabrication: S Jones provide end to end customer journey, from initial concepts through to the final design sign off. S Jones completed the fabrication of the container in their workshop in the West Midlands, offering Siemens the opportunity to see their vision turned into a reality, every step of the way.
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What Siemens Had To Say

Kevin Patterson, Project Manager, Siemens commented:

“S Jones provided a flexible approach to this prototype design allowing multiple design changes to be included throughout the build. This allowed our engineers to fully develop this world first concept. The results are a high quality solution, fully meeting our requirements”.

What Our Customers Say

Jim
12th Dec 2023
Always a pleasure to deal with, fantastic customer service and containers are always top quality.
Richard
24th Oct 2023
We are very pleased with the container.The Driver was very helpful and very pleasant 10/10.
Barry
27th Oct 2023
We have bought from you now for over 10 years since meeting Lucy Aucott at a trade stand – since then we have come to you for quotes and bought when we felt the price was right . Your staff have always been very helpful.
Pat
25th Oct 2023
Good price, good service and delivered when they said they would Very smooth transaction.
Steve
28th Oct 2023
It was a very easy service from quotation to delivery.

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