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Inauguration ceremony of energy storage test module at DTU Risø

AU is involved in a project about energy storage and will participate in the inauguration ceremony of the test module at DTU Risø

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Time

Monday 18 March 2019,  at 11:00 - 13:00

Energy storage with rocks

Green energy technologies, including wind and solar, require storage facilities for the overcapacity produced during wind and/or sun-rich days. This provides sufficient power during peak demand or during periods of low wind and solar activity. Energy can be stored in batteries, water, salt, etc., - or rocks. In the EUDP-supported research project ’High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage’ (HT-TES)’ a test facility is built at Risø where an insulated steel container is filled with 18 tons of rock that is heated up to 600°C. Researchers from the Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University have investigated which rock types are best suited for storing thermal energy. It requires rocks with high heat capacity and thermal conductivity. Furthermore, the rocks need to be able to physically withstand numerous heating and cooling cycles for many years. All this was considered using laboratory experiments and computer models.

On March 18. the Minister for Education and Research Tommy Ahler, together with all the project partner, will open Denmark’s first rock-based thermal storage in Risø.

See more about the project her: http://energilager.nu/en/the-project/