Descripción del proyecto
Impulso para una nueva solución para una energía flexible
La descarbonización de la economía y la garantía de la seguridad energética son una prioridad para la Unión Europea. La sustitución de los combustibles fósiles por combustibles renovables mejorará la eficacia energética y dará lugar a sistemas energéticos más flexibles. En este contexto, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos Bio-FlexGen aumentará la eficacia y la flexibilidad de la producción combinada de calor y electricidad basada en la energía renovable. La novedad que aporta el proyecto es una combinación única de tecnologías de gasificación y turbinas de gas que permiten a la central emplear el hidrógeno para la rápida expedición y la biomasa para costes de explotación bajos a lo largo del tiempo. El proyecto propone el uso de dos fuentes de energía renovable: el hidrógeno ecológico obtenido a partir de energías renovables y la biomasa. Los resultados desempeñarán un papel fundamental en la integración del sistema energético y contribuirán de forma significativa a su descarbonización.
Objetivo
Climate change is the most significant challenge for humanity today. For this reason, fossil fuels must be replaced utilising renewables, improved energy efficiency and more flexible energy systems. An optimal combination of several renewable sources is needed to satisfy human energy needs. Bioenergy, in combination with hydrogen, can take the role as secure and plannable source for power and heat complementing intermittent renewable sources such as wind and sun.
BIO-FlexGen will increase the efficiency and flexibility of renewable energy-based combined heat and power (CHP), playing a key role in energy system integration, and make a significant contribution to the decarbonisation of the energy system.
In particular, to overcome these challenges, Bio-FlexGen brings to the table a unique combination of gasification and gas turbine technology that allows the plant to utilise hydrogen for fast dispatch and biomass for low operating costs over time. Due to the high efficiency, three times more power can be generated from biomass for the same heat load, and the plant can quickly achieve full load by starting and operating on 100% hydrogen. To meet fluctuations in seasonal demands and prices, a variant of the plant can provide climate-positive hydrogen production during long periods of low electricity prices or heat demand.
To do so, Bio-FlexGen consortium gathers the necessary experience, knowledge and resources through a multi-stakeholder approach that covers the whole value chain of the project. It consists of a multidisciplinary team of 14 entities from 5 different EU countries (Spain, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Hungary), among which, 4 universities, 2 RTD organisations, 1 NGO, and 4 SMEs to ensure market exploitation (2 industrial companies and 1 District heat company).
Ámbito científico
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societynongovernmental organizations
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generationcombined heat and power
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydrogen energy
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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-LC-GD-2020-1
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
501 15 Boras
Suecia