Research project
REVEAL - Revolutionary energy storage circuit with carbon-free aluminum
Winter needs green electricity! Transferring the summer surplus of renewable energy to the winter months through seasonal storage is imperative for net-zero emissions. Scientists from SPF and UMTEC at OST are working together as part of the REVEAL project to develop a seasonal energy storage technology based on carbon-free aluminium.
A climate-neutral Europe requires technologies for storing renewable energy throughout the seasons. In this context, the AMP Group is involved in the field of materials technology in the REVEAL project consortium under the leadership of the SPF Institute. The aim is to develop a technical solution for seasonal energy storage based on the aluminium redox cycle and metallic aluminium as an energy carrier. This solution will make it possible to store renewable energy with an energy storage density of over 15 MWh/m³ at an attractive price.
As part of the project, AMP scientists are investigating the ‘Alu-to-Energy’ process in aqueous solution to convert the energy chemically stored in aluminium into heat and electricity. The main activities include identifying suitable aluminium sources, optimising the reaction conditions and developing mathematical models to predict the reaction rates. These results will then serve as the basis for the construction of a 4 kW pilot reactor at SPF.
REVEAL is co-funded by Horizon Europe, the European Union's research and innovation programme, and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). Find out more about the REVEAL-STORAGE project:
Project team:
Dr. Miren Agote Arán
UMTEC Institut für Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik
+41 58 257 16 69miren.agote@ost.ch
Prof. Dr. Andre Heel
UMTEC Institut für Umwelt- und VerfahrenstechnikProfessor, UMTEC
+41 58 257 43 87andre.heel@ost.ch
