Westinghouse active in Slovak energy sector

US firm Westinghouse is in talks with Slovakia not only to build a new nuclear power plant, but also to launch a thermal energy storage project. It signed a cooperation agreement with state-owned Vodohospodárska výstavba for a project—the first of its kind in Europe—which would use heat pumps to store electricity from hydropower by converting it into heat and reconverting it during peak demand. The project could store hundreds of megawatt hours of clean electricity. A feasibility study is due in two months, and the facility could be operational by 2030. The planned cost have not been disclosed.

Under a contract with Slovenské elektrárne, Westinghouse will deliver its first nuclear fuel cassettes in 2028.

(hnonline.sk)