These gravity-based energy storage systems could enable some of the world's tallest buildings to generate renewable energy. Energy Vault has teamed-up with architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) to explore how gravity energy storage systems (GESS) could be integrated into skyscrapers. GESS uses surplus energy to lift heavy blocks to height, creating potential energy that can later be converted into electricity when the blocks are lowered to the ground. Unlike pumped hydro storage facilities

This building looks like a warehouse but functions as an energy storage facility. Energy Vault Resiliency Center (EVRC) is a gravity-based energy storage system that uses a proprietary mechanical process and energy management system to store and discharge electricity. EVRC was developed by American-Swiss startup Energy Vault, whose goal is to maintain an uninterrupted supply of energy in a grid system and make sustainable, carbon-free energy a reality. The company's first commercial-scale energy