Using electrical reservoir stimulation to engineer a geologic battery for long-term energy storage and hydrogen generation

Abstract

This disclosure describes systems and methods for using electrical stimulation of a rock formation (e.g., a subterranean formation, a subterranean reservoir) to improve, or otherwise enhance, the energy storage capabilities of the rock formation. Many existing rock formations are too impermeable to facilitate energy storage; however, the Inventors have recognized and appreciated that a “geobattery” may be constructed by using electrical stimulation to increase the permeability of a rock formation (e.g., a subterranean formation) such that water (or some other fluid) can be pumped into the rock formation, in particular, a reservoir within the rock formation, and converted into hydrogen to store the energy within the hydrogen.

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