Objective The final objective of the project is to realise a fuel cells based electrical energy storage system. Applications are: 1) energy storage for renewable energies as solar and wind for autonomous networks. Storage capacity is a necessary support to develop these energies (clouds, nights, no wind), 2) power peak lowering device for grid connected users. Distributed energy storage allows the grid load optimisation, regenerating the fuel when energy is available and cheap, providing energy when the grid load is too high. The first step is to develop the technology in the frame of an economically affordable niche market: emergency power sources. Functions are the same, but in this niche market, the cost effectiveness is based on the grain of performance, and on lower costs of infrastructures and operation. The demonstration unit will prove the reliability of the system and open a first industrial for the fuel cells technology with interest for SME's employment. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cells Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-6.3.1 - Optimising power quality, by means of energy storage, for stand-alone renewable and hybrid systems and for transport Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator TECHNICATOME - SA EU contribution No data Address 1100 Avenue Jean-René Guillibert Gaut de la Lauzière - 34000 13791 AIX - EN - PROVENCE France See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE France EU contribution No data Address 17, RUE DES MARTYRS 38054 GRENOBLE See on map Total cost No data Centre for Renewable Energy Sources Greece EU contribution No data Address 19th km. Marathonos Avenue 190 09 Pikermi - Attika See on map Total cost No data DALKIA France EU contribution No data Address 37, avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 59350 SAINT-ANDRE See on map Total cost No data