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TURBOmachinery REtrofits enabling FLEXible back-up capacity for the transition of the European energy system

Description du projet

Moderniser les centrales électriques pour un avenir plus vert

Le secteur mondial de l’énergie est responsable des deux tiers des émissions de CO2, ce qui en fait un acteur clé de la réalisation des objectifs de réduction des émissions et de la croissance verte. Toutefois, la nature intermittente des sources d’énergie renouvelables abondantes telles que le vent et le soleil crée un décalage avec la demande d’énergie en période de pointe. Faute de solutions de stockage à grande échelle, il est urgent de trouver d’autres capacités de sauvegarde. Dans ce contexte, le projet TURBO-REFLEX, financé par l’UE, va moderniser les centrales thermiques en les dotant de technologies de pointe assurant un fonctionnement flexible sans compromettre leur durée de vie, leur coût ni leurs émissions. En réduisant les exigences de charge minimale, en augmentant les taux de montée et en réduisant les coûts par cycle, TURBO-REFLEX ouvre la voie à des systèmes énergétiques stables et résilients, tout en promouvant une plus grande part d’énergie renouvelable.

Objectif

The energy sector accounts for two thirds of the global CO2 emissions and is therefore crucial to ensure future green growth and to achieve the global emission reduction targets. Substantial reduction of CO2 emissions can only be achieved by large scale deployment of renewable energy sources, including in particular the most abundant energy sources, wind and sun. Their intermittent nature however poses significant challenges for the energy system as peak demand from the system and peak production form those intermittent sources do not overlap. As there are no large scale storage solutions available yet, other backup capacities are needed. The installed fossil capacity is large enough to provide this back-up power. However, the plants were designed for baseload operation, which results in increased wear and costs through cyclic operation and unnecessarily high emissions in the start-up phase.
Providing technology upgrades to retrofit the installed power plants to enable flexible operation without penalties on life, cost and emissions is an opportunity to quickly provide the necessary backup capacity to keep the energy system stable and resilient and at the same time enabling higher renewable shares.
TURBO-REFLEX will follow this approach and has selected technologies for retrofitting critical parts of thermal power plants which have already seen experimental proof-of-concept and are expected to significantly contribute to flexible operation. The technologies will reduce the minimum load, increase the ramp rates and reduce the costs per cycle. This will be achieved by new compressor designs for off-design operability, technologies in the hot gas path, in combustor and turbine, and by new materials, models and sensors to monitor and ensure the mechanical integrity in flexible operation. An integrated assessment will provide not only the technological but also the economic benefits for plant operators, thus ensuring a swift implementation of TURBO-REFLEX technologies.

Appel à propositions

H2020-LCE-2016-2017

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Sous appel

H2020-LCE-2017-RES-CCS-RIA

Coordinateur

GENERAL ELECTRIC DEUTSCHLAND HOLDING GMBH
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 290 000,00
Adresse
BLEICHSTRASSE 64-66
60313 Frankfurt Am Main
Allemagne

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Région
Hessen Darmstadt Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
Type d’activité
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Liens
Coût total
€ 621 141,25

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