📋 Tender Overview
The objective of this project is to create a carbon neutral solution for the energy provision of the gas storage site of Storengy at Peckensen. Storengy considers this site as a demonstrator for future replication to similar sites in their portfolio where similar needs and restrictions apply. This project frames in a larger program of innovative projects targeting the decarbonisation of the Storengy activities and by extension the general movement of the ENGIE group to be a leader in the energy transition. The Aquilon project is a demonstrator for both airborne wind energy (AWE) production at 160 kW scale and an integrated renewable energy and storage (RES) solution including multiple diverse renewable energy sources (PV and AWE) and an advanced storage system (redox-flow battery or RFB of 420 kW) to produce a flat electricity output profile thanks to and advanced microgrid solution incorporating a smart energy management system (EMS). Furthermore the project will test the RFB for ancillary (grid stabilising) applications. The site where we decided to construct this demonstrator is the Storengy Peckensen Underground Gas Storage site because of the need for renewable baseload flat-profile electricity consumption and the specific safety measures and site restrictions to take into account linked to a gas storage site prohibiting the use of more conventional renewable energy production technologies. This project is a good example of a flat-profile consumer with specific needs as well as the perfect proof of usage of AWE and its adapted storage technology. With this project, a total of 1 566 ton CO2 emissions will be avoided. The individual blocks or a similar composition of these blocks can be upscaled to a very wide extend as the AWE have a wide variety of potential application markets (both centralised as decentralised) and the RFB can be implemented in a wide range of high-cyclic applications (either ancillary services or combines to AWE or other renewable assets).
