US Patent Issued to Quidnet Energy on June 17 for "Hydraulic geofracture energy storage system and associated methods" (Massachusetts, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,622, issued on June 17, was assigned to Quidnet Energy Inc. (Houston).

"Hydraulic geofracture energy storage system and associated methods" was invented by Howard K. Schmidt (Cypress, Texas) and Aaron H. Mandell (Framingham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Energy may be stored by injecting fluid into a fracture in the earth and producing the fluid back while recovering power and/or desalinating water. The method may be particularly adapted to storage of large amounts of energy such as in grid-scale electric energy systems. The fracture may be formed and treated with resin so as to limit fluid loss and to increase propagation pre...