Skip to main content
Go to the home page of the European Commission (opens in new window)
English English
CORDIS - EU research results
CORDIS

Demonstrating large pit thermal energy storages and improving their components, processes and procedures for an accelerated realisation of 100% sustainable district heating networks in Europe.

Project description

Large pit thermal energy storage for accelerated decarbonisation

A fully decarbonised European energy system requires significant flexibility capacities to accommodate intermittent renewable sources, integrate energy sectors, and enhance overall energy system efficiency. The EU-funded TREASURE project aims to expedite the realisation of large pit thermal energy storage systems that enable fully renewable district heating networks and industrial heating systems. The project uses seven demonstrators built in five countries to enhance cost-effectiveness, components, and construction processes. Additionally, the project leverages monitoring data and market-oriented partners to address financing, permitting, and social challenges. The consortium comprises partners from the entire value chain, including component suppliers, construction firms, engineering companies, research and development institutes, contractors, energy service providers, district heating companies, and professional organisations.

Objective

A fully decarbonised European energy system must be equipped with very large flexibility capacities, enabling the uptake of intermittent renewable sources, coupling energy sectors, and increasing the energy system efficiency. The TREASURE project paves the way for the accelerated realization of large pit thermal energy storages that serve as the enabler for fully renewable district heating networks and industrial heating systems. With the project, 7 demonstrators are being realized in 5 different countries. The projects` aim is to use synergies in order to improve cost effectiveness through the targeted development of improved components and the collective improvement of design and building processes. Monitoring data from an already operating storage and from the demonstrators are used for better numerical simulation of actual and future system performance. Through the participation of market-oriented partners possible solutions to the financing, permitting, and social challenges in the realisation of large pit thermal energy storage projects are mapped and discussed with the broad group of stakeholders, with a core group of 15 satellite initiatives. The experience with the operation, maintenance and refurbishment of especially Danish pit thermal storages is used to improve the design and operation of the demos, the satellite initiatives and future storages in broad. The project consortium is composed of partners from the complete value chain; component suppliers, building companies, engineering companies, research and developments institutes, contractors, energy service providers, district heating companies and professional organizations. The developed roadmap and generated knowledge in the fields of planning, design, components, building, system integration, financing, permitting and business plans is actively disseminated to experts and to decision makers in order to accelerate the realisation of more than 2000 large PTES needed for the full decarbonisation.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.

You need to log in or register to use this function

Keywords

Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)

Programme(s)

Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.

Topic(s)

Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.

Funding Scheme

Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.

HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions

See all projects funded under this funding scheme

Call for proposal

Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.

(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01

See all projects funded under this call

Coordinator

AEE - INSTITUT FUR NACHHALTIGE TECHNOLOGIEN
Net EU contribution

Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.

€ 1 688 949,38
Address
FELDGASSE 19
8200 Gleisdorf
Austria

See on map

Region
Südösterreich Steiermark Oststeiermark
Activity type
Research Organisations
Links
Total cost

The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.

€ 1 695 250,00

Participants (22)

My booklet 0 0