In Martigny (Switzerland) a CellCube vanadium redox flow storing system is installed since the end of 2015 as a basis for the fueling station of the future.
The project is led by the Laboratory for Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry (LEPA) of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) aiming to delevop a fueling station of the future for vehicles powered by carbon-free energy.
This fueling station is capable of providing energy to battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles alike. Herewith the type of infrastructure needed to transition to alternatively fueled vehicles can be explored.
Storing green energy with the CellCube FB 200-400
The core of the system is a CellCube FB 200-400 vanadium redox flow storing system with a power output of 200 kW and a storage capacity of 400 kWh. As a control center the CellCube is used for charging electric vehicles as well as for the production of hydrogen.
The CellCube will be critical for isolating the fueling station from disturbances in the power grid, as well as dampening the demand for energy from the grid. However, the vanadium redox flow storage system takes on the additional role of managing the various loads at the fueling station. As the ‘brain’ of the system, the CellCube will determine when to charge, when to discharge back into the electrical grid and produce hydrogen, all while maintaining enough contingency power to supply the site through a blackout.
During the course of the project, this control scheme will be optimized with the goal of being able to power such a fueling station entirely by renewable energy sources. “The project provides a glimpse of the future of mobility, based on clean, sustainable energy,” reads the press release.
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