Referenzkraft­werk Lausitz (RefLau)

Referenzkraftwerk Lausitz (RefLau)

Editor:                                Dipl.-Ing Sebastian Rochau

Duration:                            01/2023 to 12/2027

Funding institution:          Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz

Funding code:                    03EWR018D

Project partner:             Referenzkraftwerk Lausitz GmbH            
                                              Zweckverband Industriepark Schwarze Pumpe
                                              Energiequelle
                                              Enertrag

Research partner:              Fraunhofer IEG
                                              BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
                                            Professur für Leistungselektronik TU Dresden                  

Project goals

• Construction of a reference power plant in the Schwarze Pumpe industrial park, which consists of an electrolyser, storage tanks, battery storage, supercaps and a fuel cell, in which only renewable energies are used.
• Demonstrate opportunities for sector coupling in connection with the reference power plant.
• Proof that the power plant can provide grid services to replace the rotating masses of conventional turbine power plants.

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Goals of the sub-project of the Professur Energieverfahrenstechnik

• Development of a process management tool which, in addition to hydrogen, analyzes the other material and energy flows with regard to their ability to be integrated into additional processes or sectors.
• Derivation of possible uses for sector coupling.