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The main objective of the project is to develop an effective energy management system on-chip supercapacitor to improve the stability of grid to enhanced energy density.
The project activities are designed to demonstrate a new concept, at an international level, for improving the stability of grid, reducing the energy waste of renewable electricity, in line with the less carbon intensive energy strategies, and finally to achieve an effective energy management system. Currently, the lack of stability in the power grid is a problem present at a global level and has led to a growing number of power grid failures. Due to an increasing demand in delivered power, the need for improving the storage units becomes urgent. There is a pressing need to incorporate a replacement with a fast response to address the industry problems so that the future can be allowed to look a lot greener. Key activities include:
- System design.
- Chip design and fabrication.
- Electrode design and fabrication.
- Dissemination, exploitation and publicity.
- Project management.
- Financial audit.
Expected outcomes include 3 energy security solutions developed and 2 new jobs created.
The project is implemented in partnership with University College of Southeast Norway (USN) and the Romanian company Swiso Electric SRL. The role of USN if to lead the electrode design and fabrication to fulfill the advanced electrode design with IMT Bucharest. They will also contribute to all other research activities. Swiso Electric will lead the industrial research activity to fulfill the final outcomes of the project, by implementing full performance testing, specific for stability in power grids to demonstrate the functionality of the proposed innovative system with IMT Bucharest and USN.
Summary of project results
The project activities were designed to demonstrate a new concept, at an international level, for improving the stability of grid, reducing the energy waste of renewable electricity, in line with the less carbon intensive energy strategies, and finally to achieve an effective energy management system. Currently, the lack of stability in the power grid is a problem present at a global level and has led to a growing number of power grid failures. Due to an increasing demand in delivered power, the need for improving the storage units was urgent. There was a pressing need to incorporate a replacement with a fast response to address the industry problems so that the future can be allowed to look a lot greener.
The main objective of the project was to develop an effective energy management system on-chip supercapacitor to improve the stability of grid to enhanced energy density.
1. Solution to increase the energy efficiency and energy security through an effective energy management system based on silicon micro- nanotechnology for stabilization of the grid fluctuation. 2. Innovative design and key technologies for one effective renewable energy management system for power grid stability that can be easily scalable to pilot production will be completed in 2023 using silicon based OcSCs. 3. Services for future adequate design and technology for successfully integration of the renewable energy sources into the main power grids, solving the stability related issues.
Summary of bilateral results
The Norwegian partner collaborated together with the Romanian partners, in identifying technical solutions for the project purpose. Regarding the research activities performed together, USN University sent substrate samples to IMT Institute for different deposition processes to be employed to coat the porous Si scaffolds with conductive nano-layers for the current collector.