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Spring 2023 European Energy Innovation
COMMUNICATION 11

SEASONAL ENERGY POWER-TO-AI AI-TO-ENERGY LIFE CYCLE AND
STORAGE CYCLE (STORAGE CHARGING) (STORAGFE DISCHARGING) ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
develoipment of breakthrough based on renewable emission free AI-to-Energy for better economic and
components and solutions electricity without emissions environmental performance
that are needed for an AI of greenhouse gases from
electrochemical energy the AI smelter (POWER-TO-AI)
storage cycle process

aluminium is oxidised later, then this Education, Research, and Innovation
energy is released again. (SERI). The project budget is 3.6 m€
and the consortium is made up of
Reveal Solutions nine partners from seven different
This ground-breaking technical European countries.
solution will enable to store a large
amount of energy with an unmatched Approach
energy storage density of over 15 The main innovation of the REVEAL
MWh/m³ at an attractively low cost, project is the introduction of a new
without losses and with lower route of Power-to-X: the energy
environmental impact than today's efficient (65%) and carbon-free
solutions. The easily transportable aluminium electrolysis cells and
energy vector can be used for the use of the generated renewable
heat and hydrogen, or electricity aluminium as fuel to provide heat
production, wherever and whenever and electricity. l
needed, in scalable units from a few
kW to the MW range.

High-density storage solution will
enable it to cover energy demands
with flexibility also in small units Project ID: 101069492
and off-grid situations, and – above
all – in seasons where the demand Website: www.reveal-storage.eu
is much higher than local renewable Start date: July 2022
production could possibly cover.
Duration: 48 Months
Therefore, with the emerging Project coordinator: Taeknisetur ehf.
technology of carbon-free reduction
of aluminium oxide to aluminium Technical coordination: Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST)
in combination with the release of Contact email: info@reveal-storage.eu
energy from an aluminium storage
vector, this project will provide one of
the missing pieces of the puzzle for a
climate neutral Europe.

About REVEAL Project
REVEAL is a collaborative research
project co-funded by the European
Union’s Horizon Europe Climate,
Energy and Mobility Programme under
Grant Agreement 101069492 and
by the Swiss State Secretariate for

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