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18 MW lithium-ion battery in Switzerland in operation

With a storage capacity of 7.5 MWh the battery provides grid services for the grid balancing market, which is estimated 1,400 MW in Europa , 74 MW in the Netherlands , 603 MW in Germany, 47 MW in Belgium , 561 MW in France, 62 MW in Austria and 68 MW in Switzerland. ee news

tiko Energy – A smart Energy Management System

Several thousands of end consumer devices are connected to the tiko network, which is delivering energy and grid services across Europe. The platform allows to scale up to several million devices to be managed. tiko

Quartierstrom – The first local electricity market in Switzerland

The business model of Quartierstrom: Locally generated electricity should be also locally used. This is demonstrated in the region Walenstadt, where a local electricity market was installed. Demand and supply determine the price for electricity via a blockchain based transaction platform. Quartierstrom

move – Future Mobility Demonstrator at EMPA

One option for reducing CO2 emissions in transport is to convert surplus, renewable electricity into storable energy carriers that are suitably low in CO2, such as hydrogen or synthetic methane, and can be used as fuels for individual mobility and transport of goods. EMPA

ehub – the Energy Hub Demonstrator at EMPA

Empa’s Energy Hub demonstrator, combines a large number of technologies for the production, conversion, transportation and storage of energy, thus enabling to investigate the design of integrated energy systems. EMPA