IET Institut für EnergietechnikWissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
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Switzerland has decided that all vehicles and equipment used in the operational maintenance of national roads must be powered by renewable energy by 2050. This project is investigating what options are available.
In a future energy system, we will have too much renewable energy in summer and too little in winter. Seasonal storage facilities are therefore in demand. The USC - FlexStore project is investigating whether underground methanation could counteract this problem. Renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide are pumped together into the ground, where naturally occurring microorganisms convert the two substances into methane, the main component of natural gas.
