HyCARE

About: Energy storage is essential to the full exploitation of renewable energy sources given their intermittent availability. Hydrogen has the highest energy density of all known substances, about three times higher than diesel or gasoline. However, in the gas state, the volumetric density of hydrogen is very low and a strong compression is necessary to store it, with significant energy consumption. The EU-funded HyCARE project is developing a novel way to store hydrogen in the solid-state, using metal hydrides. It will also store energy as heat through phase change materials, boosting energy resources and efficiency. The combined solid-state hydrogen and heat storage tanks will be integrated with technology to both produce hydrogen for storage and use it.

Duration: 1 January 2019 - 31 July 2023

Partners: University Of Turin; GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GMBH; ENGIE Lab CRIGEN; Tecnodelta s.r.l.; Stühff Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH; Fondazione Bruno Kessler; Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon GmbH; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Institutt for Energiteknikk and Environment Park S.p.A.