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. Wolfgang 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 : Public sector (excl. federal government) (Swiss Electric Research), Federal government (Bundesamt für Energie BFE), Third party (Foga), 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 : Wolfgang 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 the
only 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 key
aspects 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.