The AREVA Group has won the call for tenders launched by La Croix Valmer city (South East of France) for the supply of an energy storage system.
AREVA will install a Greenergy BoxTM, an innovative industrial energy storage system, developed with the backing of the French public body for funding and support to technological innovation OSEO, as part of the Horizon Hydrogen Energy (H2E) program.
AREVA’s Greenergy BoxTM, which includes an electrolyzer and a fuel cell, is a device which is unique in the world. It enables hydrogen and oxygen obtained through the electrolysis of water to be stored during troughs in energy demand, and then recombined to produce electricity during peaks in consumption.
As in the MYRTE platform deployed in Corsica by AREVA since January 2012, the Greenergy BoxTM in La Croix Valmer will be connected to 35 kW peak power photovoltaic panels installed on a public building. It will be used to compensate for drops in production or to replace the mains supply in the event of a power cut.
It will be installed during the last quarter of 2013. The partners funding this operation include the PACA region, ADEME and FEDER. This project will benefit from the MYRTE platform’s operating feedback, the results of which have demonstrated the effectiveness of hydrogen solutions in real-world environments.
