This challenge is part of the larger hackathon: Advanced technology & Industrial innovation (high tech systems & engineering, chemicals & materials, energy transition).
The energy market is changing and the need for flexibility and therefore storage is growing. This
also affects our business, we need to adapt and want that as much renewable energy as available
can be used.
Twence is a public owned waste management company operating two waste-to-energy plants and
a biomass-to-energy plant. All of these plants are operated as a combined heat and power plant
to produce steam that is mainly converted into electricity by three separate generator turbine
sets. A part of the steam is tapped of the turbines under low pressure and delivered to
neighboring process industry and via heat exchangers as hot water to district heating.
Due to the increase of sustainable energy (wind and solar) the electricity market is changing and
becoming more dynamic. Because our plants have limited flexibility in producing more or less
electricity, we are looking for ways to store energy at higher temperatures when electricity prices
are low. So it can be deployed at other moments when more heat and steam is demanded and
electricity prices are higher. The key in this challenge is to store it at high temperatures so that all
our customers including industry using low pressure steam can be supplied.
Ideas, concepts that could be integrated within the existing assets of Twence
Sustainability. A word that has come to dominate our world over the past decade. The climate is changing faster than ever before and, we are running out of raw materials and fossil fuels. The consequences of these facts have a major impact on our society and on nature. More than ever, it is clear that the key to a better future is creating a sustainable world.
This world is our world. Our expertise allows us to create sustainable solutions to these complex issues. We recover raw materials from waste, biomass and the sun and produce heat, steam and electricity. We convert manure into green gas and raw materials to be used in agriculture. We capture CO2 and turn it into a raw material for greenhouse horticulture and industrial use. Thanks to our cutting-edge technology and pioneering projects, we contribute to the developments our world needs to become sustainable.