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Energy & Climate

Daniel Buhagiar

FLASC subsea compressed-air energy-storage system

MaltaEvidence: high confidenceChecked July 2026

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Who is Daniel Buhagiar?

Daniel Buhagiar is an inventor associated with Malta. Their documented work in energy & climate includes FLASC subsea compressed-air energy-storage system, the contribution at the center of this evidence-backed profile.

Daniel Buhagiar co-invented FLASC, a subsea compressed-air storage system that uses pressurised seawater as a liquid piston. The mechanical installation stores surplus offshore-wind energy and can return it through a turbine, using the ocean as a heat sink rather than a separate thermal-storage unit.

Known forFLASC subsea compressed-air energy-storage system
FieldEnergy & Climate
Associated withMalta
Evidence reviewed2 sources
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What did Daniel Buhagiar invent?

Co-invented the FLASC liquid-piston compressed-air storage system for offshore wind farms.

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What did Daniel Buhagiar accomplish?

The EPO selected the FLASC team as 2024 European Inventor Award research finalists and describes the system’s 93% work-recovery claim.

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What is known about Daniel Buhagiar today?

The EPO’s 16 May 2024 release quotes Daniel Buhagiar describing the working system and identifies the inventor as a 2024 finalist.

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