Outstanding projects

Development and integration of solid oxide fuel cells in green hydrogen-based microgrids (SOFC4GreenGrID)

The SOFC4GreenGrID project is based on the research and industrial development of green energy storage technologies, specifically on solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) that allow transforming the chemical energy of green hydrogen into electricity. The tasks proposed by SOFC4GreenGrID allow the application of innovative technologies (green hydrogen, SOFC systems) and their efficient integration for the development of a new SOFC system of up to 50 kW for the conversion of green hydrogen into electricity. It will develop in an efficient, ecological, sustainable and highly innovative way that will have a highly positive effect on the competitiveness, efficiency and reduction of the environmental impact of both the companies that form the consortium and a wide variety of productive sectors.

It is a strategic project in cooperation between SMEs that aims to develop a reference project in the sector that defines the bases and application requirements for this type of products. The consortium is made up of one medium-sized company and three small companies with extensive experience to carry out the project activities, and is therefore balanced. The project is led by INGENIERÍA Y DISEÑO ESTRUCTURAL AVANZADO, SL (IDEA), specialized in BIM in industrial, Oil & Gas, Mining, Energy and Architectural sectors; REGENERA LEVANTE, SL (REGENERA), dedicated to the development of integral solutions to increase the energy efficiency of facilities; VODIK GREEN ENERGY S. L (VODIK), a company whose focus is on the hydrogen market and its potential as an energy vector; and finally GREEN GROUPING ENERGÍA S.L. (GGE), whose main activity is renewable energies, hydrogen technologies and fuel cells. In addition, there is the participation of Research Organizations, Technological Centers and Universities, which will be key to reach the degree of innovation proposed in the project. In addition to CENER, the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon-CSIC (INMA-CSIC) and the CEU San Pablo University (CEU) are participating in the project.

Program: Science and Innovation Missions – CDTI 2022.
Project start and end date: 01/10/2022 – 31/12/2024.
Total project budget: 2.770.790 € (grant: 1.788.982,91 €)
CENER budget: 250,000 €.

E3LAB: Living Lab for the development of sustainable energy technology in buildings: Energy Model for Buildings in Use.

Project scope

E3LAB aims to be the first step for the creation of a LIVING LAB that allows the experimentation of energy technologies in a building in use. For this purpose, a pilot building (the school of architecture of the UNAV) will be sensorized and monitored, in addition to this, photovoltaic production and storage systems will be installed and simulated.

An integrated virtual energy model will be developed to obtain detailed knowledge of the building’s energy behaviour under different conditions of use. To comprehensively model the building it is necessary to develop different energy models (or blocks) of the building. All these blocks separately give partial information and E3LAB will unite them to create a Virtual Energy Model of the building that allows integrated decision making of energy generation and use for the building and prepares it for the new trends of grid connection and energy communities.

Cener role

CENER’s objective will be to convert the building into an active element of the electricity system. To this end, it will develop an energy management system with new functionalities that will allow the optimization of thermal and electrical energy management in the building to maximize the use of renewables (including generation forecasting) and the preparation of the building for connection to the grid.

Duration: 11 months
Start: 01/10/2022
End: 15/08/2023
Total Project Budget: 1.233.530,27 €
Total Project Funding: 1.233.530,27 €
CENER Budget: 145.344,80 €

“This company/entity has received 100% co-financed aid with REACT UE resources, through the ERDF Operational Program 2014-2020 of Navarra, of the Specific Objective “OE REACT UE 4. Support for investments contributing to the transition to a green economy” as part of the Union’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

oPEN Lab – Open innovation living labs for Positive Energy Neighbourhoods

The aim of the oPEN Lab is to identify replicable, commercially viable solution packages enabling the achievement of positive energy neighbourhoods within existing urban contexts that are seamlessly integrated into the local energy system as an active micro-energy hub, and to test these technologies and package as an integrated solution at neighbourhood scale.

Three open innovation living labs in the cities of Genk (BE), Pamplona (ES) and Tartu (EE) will test combinations of different close-to-market ready technologies and services and study their performance as a unique operating system. Focus is on demonstrating innovations in an integrated approach combining sustainable design tailored to the local context, seamless industrial renovation workflows, renewable energy generation combined with energy storage systems, urban service facilities and smart operation, life cycle thinking and circularity, and this across the whole value chain, targeting the whole life cycle of the building and its neighbourhood, in view of scaling up and wide replication. A user driven and participatory approach with the neighbourhood community will be rolled out for a holistic and positive energy vision for the neighbourhood, going beyond citizen awareness raising activities.

Duration (Months & Start-End): 54 months
Start: 01/10/2021
End: 31/03/2026
Total Project Budget 21.799.482,5 €
Total Project Funding 19.920.874,26 €
CENER Budget 1.044.185 €
CENER Funding 1.044.185 €

For more information: oPEN Lab | Leading the transition to positive energy neighbourhoods (openlab-project.eu)

 

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101037080

OSMOSE (2018-2021) Horizon 2020-LCE-04-2017

(Optimal System-Mix Of flexibility Solutions for European electricity)

The objective of this project is to investigate and demonstrate the synergies between different sources of flexibility (storage of hybrid energy, demand-response, FACT devices, cross-border exchange, …) to achieve a competitive energy system through 4 demonstrators.

For more information: www.osmose-h2020.eu

 

E-HIERA (2017-2019)

2017 Strategic Projects of the Government of Navarre. Distributed storage based on hydraulic pumping for application in microgrids.

The goal of e-HIERA is twofold. On one hand to develop a hybrid storage solution based on distributed pumping with supercapacitors and, on the other, the development of a hydraulic generation system based on an in-line turbine for application in both pumping systems and water supply networks.

P2P-SmarTest (2015-2017)
Peer to Peer Smart Energy Distribution Networks
H2020-LCE-2014-3 +info

P2P-SmartTest project investigates and demonstrates a smarter electricity distribution system integrated with advanced ICT, regional markets and innovative business models. It will employ Peer-to-Peer (P2P) approaches to ensure the integration of demand side flexibility and the optimum operation of DER and other resources within the network while maintaining second-to-second power balance and the quality and security of the supply.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646469.

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LIFE ZAESS (2014-2017) +info

Demonstration of a low cost and environmentally friendly Zinc Air Energy Storage System for renewable energy integration

  • LIFE13 ENV/ES/001159
  • The LIFE ZAESS project aims to demonstrate an energy storage technology for increasing the share of intermittent renewable energies in the European energy mix and reducing CO2 emissions thereby.
  • CENER will assess the environmental sustainability of the zinc-air technology, and will identify legal and regulatory barriers that could hinder the deployment of energy storage technologies. CENER will also be responsible for the dissemination of the results of the project and the overall benefits of energy storage to all the stakeholders affected. Furthermore, CENER will contribute in analyzing the power sector and potential applications of energy storage systems.
  • The LIFE programme contributes with 50% to the project budget.
  • Partners: Técnicas Reunidas (coordinator) and CENER.
  • The project has had a budget of 1.2 M€ ending in October 2017.

         

 

More information: info@zaess.eu   http://www.zaess.eu/

After 40 months of intense activity the LIFE ZAESS project has been successfully completed. The second video, “Progress and results of the project“, is now available on the ZAESS website. It includes the results of the technical-economic, environmental and regulatory studies realized for the technology of zinc-air flow batteries are presented. These activities and results have also been published on the web through the “Layman’s report” in a short and visual format.

Development of high-temperature SOEC electrolyzers

The project encompasses the formulation of new materials, the design and manufacture of SOEC cells and stacks with different formulations and configurations, their characterization and the testing of prototypes connected to renewable generation sources. It is a coordinated effort of a research consortium formed by prestigious entities in the development of each of the phases of the value chain in the production of hydrogen by electrolysis:

– CENER – National Renewable Energies Center
– Complutense University of Madrid
– San Pablo-CEU University
– CSIC/Unizar – Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon

The final objective of the project is the design and validation of a SOEC electrolyzer, incorporating all the key links in the chain of progress of SOEC Technology R&D&I: (i.) research in innovative materials; (ii.) optimization of materials for the devices and (iii.) development of a marketable prototype.

Likewise, the project involves the consolidation of several laboratories (in each of the research institutions involved) that will cover in a coordinated manner all these key aspects in the development of the technology, thus providing the industry and other technological actors with the necessary means to develop new materials and prototype solutions.

Program: Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR). Complementary renewable energy and hydrogen plan. LA-3: Generation of high-temperature hydrogen from renewable energy and waste heat.
Start and end date of project: 01/01/2021 – 18/11/2024.
Budget: 3,484,152 €.

Intelligent management system for generation, storage and demand of renewable energy for the electricity market

Project scope

The main objective of the ACADIEMS project is to develop an expert system based on artificial intelligence for intelligent energy management, which coordinates renewable generation resources, storage systems and demand flexibility to offer services in the daily, intraday and utility electricity markets. balance (secondary and tertiary regulation). This will result in benefits for all agents in the value chain of the electricity system, and will allow consumers-prosumers to obtain economic returns derived from the provision of flexibility services.

CENER Role

CENER must develop a system that allows it to operate in the cloud, and that monitors the distributed generation and storage resources in real time, and is in charge of carrying out the automated management of said resources in order to be able to participate in the different electricity markets. available. The first step will consist of moving from a local ‘EMS’ system (HMI) to a global one designed to be operated from the cloud (HMICloud). Starting from the system developed in (1) (HMICloud), incorporate the prediction and management of the balance market. The system developed in (2), which focuses on the generation and storage side, should be made to evolve towards a system that also incorporates demand management, allowing the introduction of data from residential, industrial and municipal consumers.

Partners

ENERFIN, IGNIS, ELECTRA VALDIZARBE, GEOACTIO,CENER, NAITEC

Budget

2.5 million euros.

Funding

Strategic R+D projects subsidized by the Government of Navarra.

Advanced Solid Oxide Electrolyzers: System Validation and Integration of New Materials into Marketable Devices

Project scope

The ValidSOEC subproject is framed in the coordinated RESOECOX project that proposes a complementary research between institutions of different character with the objective of generating results of high scientific and technical impact at international level. ValidSOEC aims to contribute substantially to the development of prototypes of stable solid state electrolyzers (SOEC) following two complementary approaches: experimental analysis and the development of a theoretical predictive model. The objective of the subproject is to establish a platform to test and compare new SOEC materials, previously validated at laboratory scale, on a larger scale, leading to their implementation in cells with marketable sizes. This represents the first step towards the development of advanced SOECs based on proprietary materials for an efficient and viable production of renewable hydrogen.

CENER role

To this end the specific activities of CENER will initially include a market analysis of the SOEC technology, including materials, cells and stacks, as a basis on which to propose any innovation at both material and device scale. This section will include experimental validation and comparison of commercial SOEC cells and stacks, focusing mainly on the analysis of the initial performance of the cell and its long-term stability. In parallel, CENER will work in the construction of a theoretical SOEC model at different size and time scales. It should be noted that within the project, there will be an important exchange of information between the experimental and theoretical parts, since the modelling of the SOEC device will be fed with data from the experimental analysis. These new pre-commercial cell prototypes will be electrochemically evaluated and compared with the references obtained with commercial cells, as a prerequisite for future commercialization.

Partners: CENER and UCM
Total Project Budget: 132.548 €
Total Project Funding: 132.548 €
CENER Budget: 132.548 €

“This project, with reference TED2021-130452B-C22, has been funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union “NextGenerationEU”/PRTR”.

PROTOTYPING LABORATORY TESTING AND DEMONSTRATION OF STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES

The objective of the financed project consists of designing and implementing new research and testing infrastructures for the Grid Network Integration department, as well as updating existing ones to increase the capabilities of the laboratory for prototyping and testing the different storage technologies. The ultimate goal is the study of the hybridization of different storage systems to be able to respond to network problems, as well as the development of energy management systems both in the residential and industrial spheres that could respond to the energy problems that arise. give in them.

The project has been divided into two clearly differentiated parts. The part corresponding to the Modeling and Simulation of networks and storage systems and the part corresponding to the testing equipment and infrastructures. A 14Nm3/h Alkaline technology electrolyser, a 500KW AC and 70KW DC network emulator, OPAL systems for P-HIL and a 15kW signal amplifier have been acquired, as well as SW and HW tools to complement the testing laboratory storage.

Duration: 12 Months
Total Budget 1M€
Total Funding 1M€
CENER Budget 1M€

CRYOHUB (2019-2019) Horizonte 2020 LCE-2015-03

(Developing Cryogenic Energy Storage at Refrigerates Warehouses)

Developing Cryogenic Energy Storage at Refrigerates Warehouses as an interactive hub to integrate renewable energy in industrial food refrigeration and to enhance power grid sustainability.

For more information: www.cryohub.eu/en-gb/

 

STORY (2015-2020) H2020-LCE-2014-3

(Added value of STORage in distribution sYstems)

STORY wants to demonstrate and evaluate innovative approaches for energy storage systems. The challenge is to find solutions, which are affordable, secure and ensure an increased percentage of self-supply. The project consists of eight different demonstration cases each with different local / small-scale storage concepts and technologies, covering industrial and residential environments. These demonstrations feed into a large-scale impact assessment, with the central question being: “What could be the added value of storage in the distribution grid?”

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646426

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Factory Microgrid (2014-2017)

CENER Grid Integration Department is participating in the Factory Microgrid project (LIFE13 ENV/ES/000700). It is a demonstrative project that is part of the LIFE + 2013 program (European Commission), whose main objective is to demonstrate, through the implementation of a full-scale industrial installation, that microgrids can become one of the most appropriate solutions for energy generation and management in factories that want to minimize their environmental impact. Besides CENER as project partner is too Jofemar Corporation. CENER contribution will be its expertise and knowledge in distributed generation, microgrids and energy storage systems.

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Optimagrid (2011-2013)

  • SUDOE Interreg IV B.
  • Smart systems for optimization and management of microgrids based on renewables for industrial applications in SUDOE area.
  • CENER is the WP3’s coordinator for modelling, simulation and experimental validation of microgrids in industrial estates.

H2 Sotavento Plant (2009-2012)

  • Private funding.
  • Theoretical and experimental characterization studies of the experimental plant for hydrogen production and storage installed in Sotavento Experimental Wind Farm (Galicia) and property of Gas Natural Fenosa.

EOLIA (2007-2010)

  • Cenit National Programme.
  • New technologies for deep water off-shore wind farms.
  • CENER has developed the analysis of the Spanish grid with PSS/E to increase the off-shore wind power penetration by using Energy storage systems based on desalinization.

Localised Grid Management (2008-2009)

  • IDAE and British Embassy.
  • Methodology development to implement smart grids in urban areas.
  • CENER was the Project coordinator.
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