In the summer of 2017, the island of Tilos became known through two awards it won at the EU Sustainable Energy Awards. The island won the first prize in the category for the Green Islands but also in the category for the audience award for the TILOS project. Launched in 2015, TILOS aims at theContinue reading “Tilos: the first energy autonomous island in the Mediterranean”
Category Archives: Renewables
Storing energy
Converting energy into easily stored fuels is a good solution: Water electrolysis and hydrogen production, potentially as intermediate storage (conversion utilisation rate of up to 63%) Conversion into synthetic methane (3 H2 + CO2 → CH4 + 2 H2O), also called P2G (conversion efficiency rate of up to 57%). The methane is stored in subsoilContinue reading “Storing energy”
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