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Unite! Doctoral Network in Energy Storage

Descrizione del progetto

Una visione dell’idrogeno per l’accumulo di energia sostenibile

Nella corsa verso l’adozione delle energie rinnovabili, si profila un dilemma pressante: l’immagazzinamento efficiente dell’elettricità in eccesso generata durante i periodi di stasi della domanda. In questo contesto, il progetto Unite.Energy finanziato dal programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, riunisce università, aziende e istituzioni europee nel tentativo di sfruttare l’idrogeno come mezzo di accumulo dell’energia chimica, prodotto attraverso metodi all’avanguardia di elettrolisi e fotoelettrolisi. Tale sforzo di trasformazione mira a ridurre i costi in tutti i settori, dalla produzione allo stoccaggio e all’utilizzo, massimizzando al contempo l’efficienza ambientale. Oltre ai progressi tecnologici, Unite.Energy aspira a coltivare una nuova generazione di ricercatori intraprendenti, favorendo l’integrazione dell’idrogeno nel settore energetico attraverso l’eccellenza interdisciplinare.

Obiettivo

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.

Coordinatore

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 692 920,80
Indirizzo
CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31
08034 Barcelona
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Regione
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
Nessun dato

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