With the Underground Sun Storage 2030 (USS2030) project renewable solar energy is converted into green H2 via electrolysis and stored in former underground natural gas reservoirs as part of a field trial.
Until 2025, interdisciplinary technical-scientific investigations for the energy future will be carried out under real conditions at a small former natural gas reservoir in the municipality of Gampern (Upper Austria). A customised research facility will be built for this purpose. These investigations will be complemented by the development of suitable processing technologies, the modelling of future energy scenarios and techno-economic analyses.
The project is also investigating hydrogen as a substitute for fossil natural gas; direct use in energy-intensive industry; processing and utilisation of hydrogen with high purity.
[Latest update: September 2024]
