Thermal Ice Storage is a Key Operating Strategy

Ice Storage shifts electricity usage to off peak usage significantly reducing electricity costs for producing cooling.

Image of our ice storage room at a CenTrio Plant in Chicago, IL showing sitting water and the coils underneath that the ice forms on.
WHY ICE STORAGE?

Ice Batteries Reduce Peak Power Demand by Storing Energy at Night.

Utilizing ice for thermal storage allows more cooling to be stored in smaller spaces, maximizing the amount of thermal storage. More storage allows more power to be shifted to off-peak periods further reducing electricity costs for cooling.

TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION

Largest Ice Storage Systems in North America

Thermal storage is a proven technology used at a large scale to provide operations flexibility to make and store cooling when electricity costs are the lowest. This decreases the amount of cooling equipment operated during on-peak electricity periods by using the stored cooling capacity.

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Chicago

Chicago

The largest downtown district cooling system in the U.S. with thermal storage systems at four different plant locations.

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Houston

Houston

Ice storage is critical to serving Daikin Park, a retractable roof stadium, home of the Houston Astros, and other customers.

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New Orleans

New Orleans

The ice storage system provides lower water temperatures ensuring critical cooling is provided to its healthcare customers.