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Unite! Doctoral Network in Energy Storage

Description du projet

Une vision de l’hydrogène pour le stockage durable de l’énergie

Dans la course à l’adoption des énergies renouvelables, un problème urgent se pose: comment stocker efficacement l’électricité excédentaire produite pendant les périodes d’accalmie de la demande? Dans ce contexte, le projet Unite.Energy financé par le programme MSCA, rassemble des universités, des entreprises et des institutions d’Europe dans le but d’exploiter l’hydrogène en tant que moyen de stockage de l’énergie chimique, produit grâce à des méthodes d’électrolyse et de photoélectrolyse de pointe. Cet effort de transformation vise à réduire les coûts à tous les niveaux, de la production au stockage et à l’utilisation, tout en maximisant l’efficacité environnementale. Au-delà des avancées technologiques, Unite.Energy entend former une nouvelle génération de chercheurs entreprenants, et à favoriser l’intégration de l’hydrogène dans le secteur de l’énergie grâce à l’excellence interdisciplinaire.

Objectif

Unite!Energy builds on the coordination effort of academic institutions of the Unite! Alliance, composed of eight of the most prestigious universities in Europe, together with seven companies and three institutions that closely cooperate in the context of a doctoral training programme. The focus of the proposal is the use of hydrogen to store excess electrical energy generated off-peak from a renewable energy plant and its use for the generation of electricity at peak demand, that is, chemical energy storage. Hydrogen is produced through electrolysis and photoelectrolysis, stored on site and used to generate electricity in a fuel cell. Our aim is to increase the cost-competitiveness of chemical energy storage using hydrogen by reducing the end-to-end costs of electricity produced from renewable sources, and the costs of electrolysis, storage and fuel cell technologies. At the same time, the objective is to increase efficiency and minimise the environmental impact. The ultimate objective of Unite!Energy is to prepare a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial, innovative researchers who can develop a successful career in the integration of hydrogen in the energy field. Researchers will be exposed to scientific and technological excellence, in highly reputed European technological universities. The programme will be developed in an attractive institutional environment, shared by more than 200 k students in Europe, with interdisciplinary research options, from more fundamental science to research in hybrid academic-industrial state-of-the-art facilities. Quality assurance procedures will be implemented following those of the participating universities whose long relationship assures strong international networking among universities, research centres and industries (both large and SME) and sound training on transferable skills, which has become one of the pillars of education and innovation in partner academic institutions.

Coordinateur

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 692 920,80
Adresse
CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31
08034 Barcelona
Espagne

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Région
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Type d’activité
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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