The innovative energy storage solution of the Norman company Boreales Energy is part of an eco-responsible approach to addressing energy shortages. Based in Dover-la-Délivrande near Caen, Boréales Energy was selected in 2014 by Normandie Incubation and then became the winner of the i-Lab 2015 competition organized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The start-up took five years to design its thermal energy storage device for industry, agrifood and construction sectors.

A crucial issue

More than 17% of the world's electricity consumption is used to meet cooling needs and the trend is increasing with global warming. Boréales Energy has found the solution: transform electrical energies (including those from renewable sources) into thermal energy to store them in the form of ice and be able to consume the cold when we need it. A delayed and economical cold that should find many applications in all sectors. 

The Static Thermal Accumulator (ATS)

The company has developed a kind of inverted water heater that stores electricity in the ice to return it in the form of frozen water at the chosen moment. The device works with cold the way a water heater does with heat. The ATS can produce up to 140 kg of ice and returns cold water at a desired temperature according to needs. If the process already exists, Boréales Energy pushes innovation further: its system produces ice at -2 ° C (28.4 ° F) only while the other systems must go down to -10 (14 ° F), or even -15 ° C (5 ° F), resulting in an energy gain of -20 to -30%. 

Responding to industrial challenges

There are many fields of application for the ATS: industrial sector (agri-food, chemistry, pharmacy, etc.), building and construction (comfort / safety of users and goods, IT, swimming pools, etc.), refrigeration installations (cold rooms, etc.). This small aluminum machine can be installed wherever you need the cold!  Compactness, efficiency, modularity: the ATS is an economical and ecological solution for a growing number of industrialists who need to cool processes, product lines and buildings.

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