Imagine your factory is like a giant sponge that sometimes sucks up too much electricity, stressing the local power grid. This project creates a smart 'buffer' using new types of batteries and water systems to smooth out those spikes. It helps big energy users switch to green power without crashing the grid or paying huge connection fees.
Industrial users face high costs and grid instability when deploying large-scale renewables or high-demand equipment like electrolyzers and fast chargers.
Advanced Grid Interface (AGI) prototypes and innovative storage hardware including aqueous electrochemical recuperators and aluminum ion batteries.
If you are a hydrogen producer dealing with high operational costs — this project developed advanced grid interfaces and storage that reduce H2 production costs by 10%. This allows for faster deployment of renewables while maintaining grid stability.
If you are an irrigation operator dealing with high electricity peaks during pumping — this project developed a way to use irrigation systems themselves as energy storage. This reduces the impact of large demands on the grid and lowers costs for the user.
If you are a charging network operator dealing with grid connection limits — this project developed aqueous electrochemical recuperators and aluminum ion batteries. These provide short-duration flexibility to support fast EV charging without requiring expensive grid upgrades.
Based on project objectives, the implementation of these advanced grid interfaces and storage solutions results in reducing H2 production costs by 10%.
The project is moving toward industrial scale through two demonstrations and three test activities focusing on electrolysis, irrigation, and EV charging.
Based on available project data, the project focuses on developing aqueous electrochemical recuperators and aluminum ion batteries, but specific licensing terms are not listed.
It uses Advanced Grid Interfaces (AGI) to minimize the impact of large new demands and provide grid services that enable grids to run with 100% renewables.
The project period runs from 2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31, with prototypes currently being developed.
The consortium is highly commercially oriented with a 40% industry ratio, comprising 15 partners across 9 countries. It balances technical expertise from 3 universities and 5 research institutes with 6 industry players, including power electronics providers and grid operators, ensuring the results are geared toward market exploitation.
Contact EPRI EUROPE DAC in Ireland for technical specifications on AGI prototypes.
Contact us to connect with the AGISTIN consortium for pilot testing opportunities.
