Improving identification of HT-ATES performance drivers and -barriers

High temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) can potentially solve the mismatch between heat supply and demand. It can provide a large scale seasonal heat storage solution. Thereby it enables an increase in full load hours of the base heat source, which can benefit project performance on both costs and emissions. However, the...

Local Hydroelectric Energy Storage: A feasibility study about a small scale energy storage system combining hydropower, gravity power, spring power and air pressure

Renewable energy sources, like wind- and solar power, are expected to generate a greater part of the electricity production in the Netherlands each upcoming year. Besides all the advantages, the energy supply of these renewable energy sources fluctuates heavily as they mainly depend on the amount of wind and sun. Therefore, the electricity...

Science Business Centre for Technopolis: Exchanging Energy to Reduce Electrical Consumption

In de newly developed science park, just south of the TU Delft campus, a Science Business Centre be designed. The buildings main aim is to provoke synergy between the TU Delft and the science park "Technopolis". The design consists of a building which is largly integrated in the Mekelpark to enhance the relation with nature and to make a...

Exergy analysis of the use of geothermal energy and carbon capture, transportation and storage in underground aquifers

At the moment global climate change is one of the most prominent environmental and energy issues of our life time. Currently CO2 levels in the atmosphere stand at 387 ppm, almost 40% higher since the start of the industrial revolution and the highest for at least the last 650,000 years. About 96% of these carbon emissions are the result of using...