Research Infrastructures
FLOWBAT
FLOWBAT is an interdisciplinary thematic platform of applied character offering a solid basement for Redox Flow Batteries development, created by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), fully aligned with SGD 7 (affordable and clean energy) which, at the same time, is related to SGD 13 (Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts).
Organisation
CSIC
Country
Spain
Technology
Electrochemical energy storage
TRL Level
4-6
FromMATtoBATT
The electrochemical energy storage activities at KIT are primarily performed at the Institute of Applied Materials – Energy Storage Systems (IAM-ESS) and the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU).
Organisation
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Country
Germany
Technology
Electrochemical energy storage
TRL Level
1-3
GeoMicrobiology Laboratory
A fully equipped Containment Level 2 microbiology laboratory with the capability of handling geological materials (core materials and groundwaters/formation waters).
Organisation
British Geological Survey
Country
United Kingdom
Technology
Microbiological activities in subsurface reservoirs and infrastructure associated with gas or heat storage
Chemical energy storage
Thermal energy storage
TRL Level
1-3, 4-6, Above
HESINT
The infrastructure comprises two complementary facilities for characterization, validation and integration into electric grids of hybrid energy storage technologies, one main facility (TRL6-7) and one complementary testing facility to complete its functionality (TRL4-5).
Organisation
Ciemat
Country
Spain
Technology
Mechanical energy storage
TRL Level
4-6, Above
HPC Cluster
LNEG’s HPC Cluster is a High-Performance Computing system with 4 TFLOPS of peak computing power. It consists of 96 computation nodes (Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 2.1GHz) interconnected by a 56 Gb/s Infiniband communication...
Organisation
LNEG
Country
Portugal
Technology
Chemical energy storage
Thermal energy storage
Solar fuels (hydrogen, syngas)
Internal energy
Mechanical energy storage
TRL Level
1-3, 4-6, Above 6
HYCEES
HYCEES infrastructure consists of two complementary installations: EGA stands for Station for Autonomous Generation and includes two groups of photovoltaic panels of 1.5 kWp and an emulator of wind turbine with a maximum power of 6 kW.
Organisation
Ciemat
Country
Spain
Technology
Hybrid chemical and electrochemical energy storage
TRL Level
4-6
Hycenta and FCECH
The Functional Coatings Lab for Energy Conversion and Hydrogen at the AIT Center for Energy disposes comprehensive materials synthesis and characterization infrastructure for material- and process development in the fields of Energy Conversion and Hydrogen, especially membrane-based ...
Organisation
Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Country
Austria
Technology
Electrochemical energy storage
Chemical energy storage
TRL Level
1-3, 4-6
Imaging & Structural Analysis
DTU Energy provides access to advanced materials characterization, tomography and structural analysis techniques. The main focus is on in situ and operando methods, for instance operando diffraction, spectroscopy and imaging studies of batteries, fuel-cell and electrolysis materials and thermal energy storage materials.
Organisation
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)
Country
Denmark
Technology
Electrochemical energy storage
Chemical energy storage
Thermal energy storage
TRL Level
1-3, 4-6