RESTORE Project

RESTORE – Renewable Energy based seasonal Storage Technology in Order to Raise Economic and environmental sustainability of DHC – is a EU HORIZON 2020 project. The main objective of the RESTORE project is to develop a solution, based on the combination of two key innovative technologies, that allows integrating a wide variety of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in District Heating and Cooling (DHC) networks. RESTORE provides efficient and innovative solutions for the decarbonisation of the heating and cooling needs, using an optimal integration of different renewable energies via an innovative thermochemical energy storage (TCES) combined with a heat pump (HP) and an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), paving the way towards the renewable-driven DHC transition and having a direct environmental impact on GHG emission, air pollutants and fossil fuel reduction. The innovative combination of a TCES and the HP/ORC technology makes it possible to overcome the intermittency among the supply of thermal energy and the fluctuating demand for heat or cold present in DHC networks, thus increasing the availability and reliability of energy distribution on the grid. The RESTORE project provides a clear break-through thermal energy storage technology for the decarbonisation of the district heating sector, enabling the use of RES, especially solar heat, and waste excess heat collected in summer for heating purposes in winter in a very competitive way. RESTORE started in October 2021 and will have a duration of 4 years. Check out the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RESTOREH2020Project