Use Cases
Delivering power and heat exactly where and when it’s needed
Seamless Integration
A key advantage of Malta SEMS is its seamless integration capabilities. While it can operate as a standalone system, its use of steam as a working fluid and standard turbo machinery allows for integration into energy-intensive industries and existing or new fossil-fired generation assets.
Additionally, the technology can repurpose decommissioned thermal plants by leveraging their existing interconnection and infrastructure, maximizing asset value, minimizing new development costs, streamlining permitting processes and preserving trained workforces.
Clean Energy with Real Results
Malta delivers outsized, quantifiable commercial value to a diverse range of customers, empowering them with clean and dispatchable power and heat to achieve their decarbonization and reliability goals.
Combined Cycle Plants
Geothermal Power
District Heat Systems
Stand-alone CHP Energy Storage
Data Centers
Desalination Plants
Concentrated Solar Power Assets
Decarbonizing Combined Cycle Plants
Malta SEMS transforms Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (CCGTs) into future-ready assets by enabling clean Afirming capacity. Our long-duration storage integrates seamlessly with existing gas infrastructure, shifting renewable oversupply to meet peak demand while slashing emissions and extending asset life in a decarbonized grid.
Power and Heat Storage to Decarbonize District Heat Systems
With Malta SEMS, district heating networks gain a strategic advantage: low-cost, decarbonized power and heat on demand. Our system stores excess renewable electricity as thermal energy, delivering high-efficiency heat and electricity when needed and supporting electrification of urban heat in a stable, scalable way.
Power and Cooling for Data Centers
Malta SEMS delivers a transformative solution for data centers by providing reliable, 24/7 clean power and cooling — even in off-grid or remote environments. Using steam-driven double-effect absorption chilling, the system enables efficient thermal management. Integrated backup firing options enhance system resilience and adaptability, making Malta SEMS well-suited to meet the growing energy and cooling demands of modern data centers.
Revitalizing Concentrated Solar Power Assets
Malta SEMS offers a powerful retrofit solution for CSP asset owners facing operational and market headwinds. Built on the same molten salt foundation that underpins CSP systems, SEMS integrates naturally into existing architectures—minimizing retrofit complexity while unlocking transformative value. Malta SEMS enables CSP plants to shift thermal output over 8+ hours and mitigate curtailment. For developers and owners operating in saturated markets, SEMS enhances asset flexibility, strengthens project economics, and extends plant life through second-life applications. Our system’s proprietary heat pump cycle optimizes roundtrip efficiency and maximizes returns on existing thermal infrastructure. Backed by Malta’s deep CSP domain expertise and a network of global industrial partners, SEMS is the natural evolution for CSP plants seeking long-term relevance and profitability in modern power markets.
Unlocking the Full Potential of Geothermal Power
Malta SEMS unlocks full potential from geothermal plants by time-shifting baseload generation to higher-value periods. By utilizing geothermal heat and power, our system boosts flexibility and revenue, making geothermal more dispatchable and aligned with modern, variable demand profiles.
Utility-scale, Stand-alone CHP Energy Storage
Malta SEMS delivers cost-effective, long-duration energy storage for utilities seeking firm capacity and grid resilience. Designed for multi-day durations and daily cycling, it complements renewables, reduces curtailment, and replaces fossil peakers with zero-emission reliability.
Power and Heat for Desalination Plants
Malta SEMS delivers flexible, reliable, and around-the-clock clean power and heat to support desalination operations and brine management. It enables synchronous power generation for microgrid configurations, ensures energy reliability through long-duration storage, and offers system modularity with integrated backup firing options. Its flexible and expandable energy delivery mix adapts seamlessly to the dynamic power and thermal demands of desalination facilities.