Optimising grid flexibility with TES webinar

Thermal energy storage (TES) is needed to effectively integrate and maximize the effect of renewable energy sources (RES), thus accelerating the energy transition for a more sustainable future. Unfortunately, there is still much progress to be made, particularly at a building level.

The available TES technologies are still too expensive, polluting and not easily installed in existing infrastructure or connected to the building energy management systems (BEMS). Fortunately, with support from the European Commission, through the Horizon Europe program, four new projects will spend the next four years developing and demonstrating compact, integrated and sustainable solutions based on phase changing materials (PCM) and thermochemical materials (TCM).

In this webinar we learn how the modular TES solutions developed through the ThumbsUp project will:
- Facilitate the electrification of heating and cooling systems,
- Allow buildings to become “energy prosumers”
- Boost building efficiency and reduce overall energy consumption

On behalf of the ThumbsUp team, you can hear from:
- Guillermo Andrés Nieto from Veolia, who will give a general overview of the project
- Adriano Sciacovelli from the University of Birmingham to explain the FractLES PCM system behind the daily storage solution.
- Andrea Frazzica from Italy’s CNR to present the long duration sorTES TCM sorption thermal storage solution.

To complement the ThumbsUp approach, representatives from our sister project also provide a brief presentation of their project goals and proposed solutions:
- Sara Attanà from WarrantHub will present the ECHO project.
- Marco Calderoni from R2M Solution will present the HYSTORE project
- Hugo Grasset from Solintel will present the BEST-Storage project