Renewable Energy and PtX-Technologies in Education
Abstract
In order to achieve the global targets against climate change, it is necessary to reduce CO2 emissions from fossil sources to negligible levels until 2050 at the latest. Thus, the energy demand of the industry, for mobility and power supply has to be covered predominantly by fluctuating renewable sources. In order to ensure sufficient grid stability, various storage and reconversion technologies are needed. Power-to-X (PtX) technologies will play a central role in this and will become an essential basis of our energy supply. Our university has been engaged in the development and operation of Power to Gas (PtG) plants for more than twenty years through various industrial research, regional development projects as well as practice-oriented study courses. We combine laboratory training at industrial plants with various student projects, such as the ThaiGer Team who built the currently most efficient hydrogen prototype.