Center of excellence “Virtual Institute - Power to Gas and Heat” (KoVI SGW), 2018 - 2022
Description
The center of excellence “Virtual Institute - Power to Gas and Heat” brings together the expertise of various research institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) to explore cross-sectoral flexibility options in the future energy system. Different Power-to-X technologies will be investigated analytically and on the basis of a jointly operated experimental demonstration plant. At an aggregate level, analysis is carried out which evaluates flexibility options responding to competing priorities, namely the energy grid, system and market. The work of IEK-STE focuses on life cycle and process chain-based assessments of environmental impacts and costs.
Project Duration
November 2018 to October 2021. Extension until March 2022
Funded by
OP EFRE NRW (Operational Programme for the Promotion of Investments in Growth and Employment for North Rhine-Westphalia from the European Regional Development Fund) Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Project Partners
Gas- und Wärme - Institut Essen (GWI)
Institute of Energy Economics (EWI) at the University of Cologne
Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT
Forschungszentrum Jülich - Institute of Energy and Climate Research: IEK-STE, IEK-3, IEK-8
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) - Lehrstuhl für Fluidverfahrenstechnik
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik ZBT
Project Manager IEK-STE
Jan Christian Koj, DI
Results
Koj, J.C.; Wulf, C.; Zapp, P.: Environmental impacts of power-to-X systems - A review of technological and methodological choices in Life Cycle Assessments; Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 112 (2019) 865-879; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.06.029
Final report volume II: Lebenszyklusorientierte Analysen und Kritikalitätsanalyse von Power-to-X-Optionen (.pdf)
Final report volume III: Bewertung des Einsatzes und der Auswirkungen alternativer Kraftstoffe für die Entwicklung der zukünftigen regionalen Infrastruktur (.pdf)
Final report of the main project volume I: System- und Standortanalysen (.pdf)
Contact
Jan Christian Koj
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE)
e-mail: j.koj@fz-juelich.de
Project Website
http://strom-zu-gas-und-waerme.de/