RENERG2 – RENewable enERGies in future energy supply
Integration of Power2Gas-Systems as Long Term Storage Technology in electrical Networks
At a glance
- Project leader : Prof. Dr. Henriette Elise Breymann
- Deputy of project leader : Prof. Dr. Petr Korba
- Project team : Nils Andri Bundi, Dr. Lilach Goren Huber, Dr. Olaf Hoenecke, Dr. Jörg Osterrieder
- Project budget : CHF 300'000
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Other (Swiss Electric Research, Foga), Federal government (Bundesamt für Energie BFE), Internal
- Project partner : Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ETH, Paul Scherrer Institut PSI, Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt EMPA
- Contact person : Henriette Elise Breymann
Description
Energy storage is a key challenge for the integration of renewable energies in future energy supply. Power-to-Gas, which transforms electricity in chemical energy carriers, is currently considered as theonly pathway to enable a sustainable, renewable energy provision with a large penetration of fluctuating renewables up to a seasonal timeframe. The project RENERG2 focuses on crucial keyaspects and challenges of a future Power-to-Gas chain, namely electrolysis, methanation, hydrogen/CNG blending and infrastructure, HCNG applications in mobility and decentralized combined heat and power. In addition overarching issues as market, economics and grid integration are studied by ZHAW to evaluate and assess different future scenarios.