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WATER BATTERIES by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati
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CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled a master plan for a former oil refinery in the city of Trieste, Italy, transforming it into a renewable energy park. The design, developed for the Port of Trieste, features tanks converted into ‘water batteries’ as part of a 365,000 square meter reclaimed seafront park. The project opens up an inaccessible area of the city’s vast industrial port infrastructure facing the Adriatic Sea at its northernmost point. Suggesting new ways to reuse former industrial facilities, the design employs renewable energy sources in an integrated way.
At the core of the project are six former oil reservoirs – each of them at a height of 15 meters, totaling 110,000 cubic meters of capacity – that will be turned into water batteries. When there is the need to store power, seawater is pumped up into the tanks and turned into potential energy. Conversely, when power is needed, the stored seawater is used to produce hydroelectric energy, pouring water back into the sea. The system functions as a small “pumped hydroelectric” plant. The solution is fully renewable as the energy needed to pump up seawater is provided by agrivoltaics – elevated photovoltaic panels scattered across a publicly accessible urban park.
The master plan reconnects the city of Trieste with the neighboring municipality of Muggia. In addition to the energy facilities, it features green areas, urban farms, and an Innovation Park with a biotech research facility. The project stands as the most recent example of CRA’s commitment to decarbonizing our cities and thinking about the future of energy. In Turin, “Floating Above the Flood” transforms the historic Murazzi del Po into a new hub for education and community, using kinetic architecture solutions to create community spaces that fully withstand the river’s recurring floodings. Source by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati.
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At the core of the project are six former oil reservoirs – each of them at a height of 15 meters, totaling 110,000 cubic meters of capacity – that will be turned into water batteries. When there is the need to store power, seawater is pumped up into the tanks and turned into potential energy. Conversely, when power is needed, the stored seawater is used to produce hydroelectric energy, pouring water back into the sea. The system functions as a small “pumped hydroelectric” plant. The solution is fully renewable as the energy needed to pump up seawater is provided by agrivoltaics – elevated photovoltaic panels scattered across a publicly accessible urban park.
The master plan reconnects the city of Trieste with the neighboring municipality of Muggia. In addition to the energy facilities, it features green areas, urban farms, and an Innovation Park with a biotech research facility. The project stands as the most recent example of CRA’s commitment to decarbonizing our cities and thinking about the future of energy. In Turin, “Floating Above the Flood” transforms the historic Murazzi del Po into a new hub for education and community, using kinetic architecture solutions to create community spaces that fully withstand the river’s recurring floodings. Source by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati.
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