Description du projet
Un nouveau système de stockage de l’énergie pour réduire les émissions
La moitié des émissions mondiales de gaz à effet de serre sont produites par des générateurs diesel, qui sont principalement utilisés pour fournir de l’électricité à des chantiers de construction. Le projet POWER BOX, financé par l’UE, vise à inverser cette tendance grâce à une solution qui combine le stockage de l’électricité et la stabilisation du réseau. Le projet a mis au point un système modulaire de stockage de l’énergie doté d’un bloc de batteries et d’un onduleur hybride (dont le brevet est déposé). Il peut fonctionner en parallèle avec tout type de source d’énergie (courant continu ou alternatif, abrégé CC ou CA), notamment des générateurs diesel, des énergies renouvelables et le réseau, en fonction des besoins des chantiers de construction et des exploitations plus grandes. Le projet vise à optimiser cette technologie et la commercialiser d’ici la moitié de l’année 2021.
Objectif
The construction sector is responsible for 50% of global GHG emissions. In fact, diesel generators supply 98% of the electrical power required in construction sites. These generators are usually over-sized in order to cover all power peaks while working at low loads most of the time (<50% of their capacity). Unfortunately, diesel generators have a very poor efficiency at low load levels which causes a waste of tremendous amounts of fuel along with increased emissions. Working at low levels also reduces the service life of the generator and entails high engine-servicing costs.
xelectrix Power GmbH is an Austrian company specialized in construction equipment with energy-efficient drive technology. Strove by the need for a solution that would combine electric energy storage and grid stabilization and could work in parallel with any kind of energy source (renewable or not), we have developed Power Box: a “plug & play” energy storage system (battery pack and hybrid inverter – patent pending) that can work in parallel with any energy source (alternating AC or direct current DC) including diesel generators, renewables and the grid suiting the needs of construction sites and bigger operations. With Power Box, diesel generators and the grid always operate at optimal efficiency. During peak energy requirements, Power Box and the generator combine to meet these requirements while during periods of low loads, the power is taken directly from Power Box’s battery storage.
Through this project, we aim to set the technical and commercial bases of Power Box optimization to then by mid-2021 commercialize it among construction companies who already own diesel generators and energy who need energy storage and stabilization solutions. By the lack of adequate competing solutions on the market along with the growing demand of power supply, we expect to sell at least 3,900 Power Box units in 5 years to generate €119M revenues (ROI 7.86).
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringelectric energy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhybrid energy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringmining and mineral processing
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware development
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4310 MAUTHAUSEN
Autriche
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.