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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 691761. www.cryohub.eu Coordinator: Prof. Judith Evans ([email protected]) Refrigerated food warehousing as a market driver for renewable technologies and cryogenic energy storage across Europe With estimates that Europe will be generating 20% of its energy from renewables by 2020, a way of using this energy more effectively is critical for many applications, such as refrigerated food warehousing. One of the major obstacles to the wider adoption of renewable energy technologies is the need to supply energy when required. Supply of renewable energy is generally variable and unable to match accurately the demands of the grid, so methods of storing excess energy until it is needed are being developed. CryoHub has been investigating the role of liquid air as an energy storage medium which could also be used to partially meet the cooling demands of refrigerated food warehouses. Stored energy can be used to generate electricity (via a turbine) at periods of peak grid demand. At the same time, refrigerated facilities can be cooled and waste heat recovered to improve efficiency. The success of such technologies to date has been rather limited due to poor round trip efficiency (ratio of energy out to energy in) and unrecovered energy losses. The CryoHub project is investigating the potential to maximise efficiencies by using a renewable energydriven cycle of cryogen liquefaction, storage, distribution and multipurpose use. Studies mapping energy demand for large refrigerated warehouses and renewable energy availability continentwide have now been published by the project to help evaluate the potential for this technology in Europe. See cryohub.eu for details. Insight No. 2 WHAT IS CRYOHUB? CRYOHUB is an EUfunded innovation action entitled “Developing Cryogenic Energy Storage at Refrigerated Warehouses as an Interactive Hub to Integrate Renewable Energy in Industrial Food Refrigeration and to Enhance Power Grid Sustainability”. The project is to develop and investigate the potential of large scale cryogenic energy storage at refrigerated warehouses and food factories. The innovative CRYOHUB technology is based on storing renewable energy as a cryogenic liquid which in the case of this project is liquid air. This cryogen is then boiled at very low temperatures to generate electricity for onsite use or feed into the power grid during peak demand periods. The cooling effect of boiling the cryogen is used to refrigerate industrial facilities. Cryogenic Energy Storage for Renewable Refrigeration and Power Supply! COULD YOU BE A CRYOHUB CHAMPION? Companies throughout Europe are pledging support for this project. Find out how you can become a ‘CryoHub Champion’ by completing our energy user survey www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/cryohub

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 691761.

www.cryohub.euCoordinator: Prof. Judith Evans ([email protected])

Refrigerated food warehousing as a market driver for renewable technologies and cryogenic energy storage across EuropeWith estimates that Europe will be generating 20% of its energy from renewables by 2020, a way of using this energy more effectively is critical for many applications, such as refrigerated food warehousing.

One of the major obstacles to the wider adoption of renewable energy technologies is the need to supply energy when required. Supply of renewable energy is generally variable and unable to match accurately the demands of the grid, so methods of storing excess energy until it is needed are being developed.  CryoHub has been investigating the role of liquid air as an energy storage medium which could also be used to partially meet the cooling demands of refrigerated food warehouses.  Stored energy can be used to generate electricity (via a turbine) at periods of peak grid demand.  At the same time, refrigerated facilities can be cooled and waste heat recovered to improve efficiency. 

The success of such technologies to date has been rather limited due to poor round trip efficiency (ratio of energy out to energy in) and unrecovered energy losses. The CryoHub project is investigating the potential to maximise efficiencies by using a renewable energy‐driven cycle of cryogen liquefaction, storage, distribution and multi‐purpose use. 

Studies mapping energy demand for large refrigerated warehouses and renewable energy availability continent‐wide have now been published by the project to help evaluate the potential for this technology in Europe. See cryohub.eu for details.

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WHAT IS CRYOHUB?CRYOHUB is an EU‐funded innovation action entitled “Developing Cryogenic Energy Storage at Refrigerated Warehouses as an Interactive Hub to Integrate Renewable Energy in Industrial Food Refrigeration and to Enhance Power Grid Sustainability”.  The project is to develop and investigate the potential of large scale cryogenic energy storage at refrigerated warehouses and food factories. The innovative CRYOHUB technology is based on storing renewable energy as a cryogenic liquid ‐ which in the case of this project is liquid air. This cryogen is then boiled at very low temperatures to generate electricity for on‐site use or feed into the power grid during peak demand periods.  The cooling effect of boiling the cryogen is used to refrigerate industrial facilities.

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COULD YOU BE A CRYOHUBCHAMPION?Companies throughout Europe are pledging support for this project.Find out how you can become a ‘CryoHub Champion’ by completing our energy user survey www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/cryohub 

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 691761.

NEWS

CryoHub has recently joined ‘Bridge’, a cooperation group for all Smart‐Grid and storage projects funded under Horizon 2020. Several CryoHub representatives attended the recent Bridge WG Meetings DG Energy in Brussels in January 2017.  Dr Jonathan Radcliffe (University of Birmingham, UK) took part in the Bridge Regulations WG Meeting, while Prof Kostadin Fikiin (Technical University Sofia, Bulgaria) attended the Customer Engagement WG Meeting. 

The CryoHub project team recently visited the Frigologix site in Lommel, Belgium which includes an existing large cold store, a new 4.000m2 store under construction and an industrial operational anaerobic digester run by Bio Energy. Frigologix’s management confirmed their interest in exploring how CryoHub might work and fit in with their cost cutting and carbon emission reduction objectives while the project team confirmed the Frigologix site as an ideal candidate for a technology demonstrator site. For more information, visit http://www.cryohub.eu/en‐gb/frigologix

Food Storage & Distribution Federation (FSDF) is now part of the CryoHub Advisory Board. Known as the UK trade body focusing on representing and supporting the interests of the food and drink logistics industry, the FSDF provides the organisational and functional structure for companies involved in or associated with the UK food and drink storage and distribution industry to meet and address issues of common interest. For more information on 

FSDF, visit http://www.fsdf.org.uk/about‐us/

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

On 15‐19 May 2017, the 14th Cryogenics 2017 IIR International Conference in Dresden, Germany, will address key issues involving equipment and technology problems where temperatures reach below 120 K (‐153 °C), whilst also including other related devices and technologies. For more details, visit http://www.cryogenics2017.eu/

Offshore Energy 2017, London, UK, 6‐8 June 2017.WindEurope and Renewable UK will host the world's largest offshore wind conference and exhibition attracting over 500 exhibitors from all sectors of the offshore wind industry. The event will showcase an overview of the current trends, technologies and issues facing the offshore wind sector. Visit http://offshorewind2017.com/ for more information

10th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection, Bled, Slovenia, 27‐30 June 2017. Presented papers will be published in the  Energy Journal, the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Journal, the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and the Journal of Mechanical Engineering. For more information, visithttp://seep2017.si/

European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EUPVSEC 2017), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 25‐29 September 2017.  The leading PV event will take place in Amsterdam. For more information, visithttp://www.photovoltaic‐conference.com/

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