Mission
The MOST project aims to develop and demonstrate a zero-emission solar energy storage system based on benign, all-renewable materials. The MOST system is based on a molecular system that can capture solar energy at room temperature and store the energy for very long periods of time. This corresponds to a closed cycle of energy capture, storage and release. The MOST project will develop the molecular systems as well as associated catalysts and devices to beyond state-of-the-art performance and scale. Specifically, hybrid solar collectors utilizing up to 80% of incoming solar energy will be designed and tested together with heat release devices, that combine MOST with thermal energy storage (TES) enabling rapid temperature ramp-up cycles delivering large temperature gradients.
The Team
The MOST project (H2020-FETPROACT-2019-951801, Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems) involves a dedicated and engaged group of people. Research groups from 6 different organizations in 5 different countries will work together to make this technology possible. The Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), the University of La Rioja (Spain), Johnson-Matthey (United Kingdom), Center for Applied Energy Research (CAE) and Fraunhofer ISE (Germany) will join forces to improve MOST systems beyond the state of the art on all possible technical aspects.
“The MOST project (H2020-FETPROACT-2019-951801, Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems) involves a dedicated and engaged group of people. Research groups from 6 different organizations in 5 different countries will work together to make this technology possible.”
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A hybrid collector goes on a journey
In the EU MOST project, CAE has the task of developing a special hybrid solar collector that deviates significantly from the requirements of a conventional thermal solar collector. In the upper layer of the collector, UV-part of the solar spectrum is absorbed and stored in molecules solved in a transparent liquid.
The company @GREENoneTEC Solarindustrie GmbH
The company @GREENoneTEC Solarindustrie GmbH has manufactured special #solar thermal collectors for the construction of a hybrid collector of the @MOST_solar project. These have now arrived at the @zccae in Würzburg.
Erste öffentliche TV-Vorstellung des MOST-Kollektors im deutschen Fernsehen
First public TV-presentation of the MOST collector on German television.