Imagine a giant, smart battery, but instead of storing electricity, it stores heat and cold. It uses special materials that act like sponges for thermal energy, making them much smaller and cheaper than old-school water tanks. This allows buildings to save energy when it's cheap and use it when it's expensive, while helping the power grid stay stable.
Current thermal storage is often too bulky, expensive to install, and acts only as a passive backup. This prevents buildings from effectively participating in energy markets or reducing peak demand costs.
A suite of high-density storage concepts (PCM and TCM) and an ICT toolset including a smart aggregator and open-source multi-service platform.
If you are an HVAC installer dealing with complex, space-consuming heating and cooling setups — this project developed plug-and-play TES solutions that reduce design and installation effort by 50%. This allows for faster deployment and lower labor costs per project.
If you are a grid operator dealing with unstable energy loads from renewables — this project developed a smart aggregator and multi-service platform that turns building thermal storage into a grid service. This enables better sector coupling and enhanced grid stability.
If you are a building owner dealing with high energy bills — this project developed high-density storage systems that can achieve energy cost savings of at least 15%. This directly improves the bottom line of facility operations.
The project aims for a Levelized Cost of Storage (LCOS) of approximately 0.04 €/kWh by 2030, targeting a competitive rate of 0.05 €/kW/cycle.
Based on available project data, the project includes 4 use case applications in different climates for both District Heating/Cooling connected and non-connected buildings, indicating scalability across various urban environments.
Based on available project data, the specific licensing terms are not listed, but the project is developing an open-source multi-service platform for its aggregator.
Integration is simplified through pre-defined and standardized guidelines and a 'plug-and-play' approach to reduce installation effort by 50%.
The project period runs from 2023-01-01 to 2027-06-30, with initial ICT toolsets and PCM solution tests already reported.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven, with 12 industrial partners (63% ratio) and 10 SMEs across 8 countries. This strong commercial presence, combined with 7 academic and research entities, suggests the project is focused on market viability and practical deployment rather than pure theory.
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