Impact theme

Renewable energy integration and grid modernisation

Sector

Energy Systems

Stage

Affiliation

DTU Energy, Aalborg University

Team

Alexandros Pasadakis-Kavounis, Postdoc, Project Lead and Technological Development
Johan Hjelm, Professor, Scientific Advisor
Jens Laurids Sørensen, Professor, Scientific Advisor

Technology

Why it matters

With rapidly accelerating electrification of society and unprecedented commitments to install new renewable energy generation capacity from Denmark and many other countries around the world, the need for sustainable energy storage technology is also growing fast. Flow batteries display favourable techno-economics for stationary energy storage and have been shown to be highly suited for accommodating integration of fluctuating renewable power sources such solar- and wind power.

Working on

The aim of company will be the production of redox active materials suitable for energy storage application via low cost and low CO2 emission processes. They work on utilizing microorganism to sustainably produce organic compounds that are suitable for redox flow battery materials. The active materials used in such devices must be produced in a sustainable way, have a long lifetime, be produced at low cost, and avoid drawing on critical or limited resources and that is what they are working on.