{"id":37867,"date":"2023-12-20T03:39:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T02:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.deutschland-nederland.eu\/projects\/excel\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:09:06","slug":"excel","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/projects\/excel\/","title":{"rendered":"ExCEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Battery storage can reduce the load on the electricity grid<br \/>\nand drastically increase self-consumption (in combination with local<br \/>\ngeneration) by buffering the difference in electricity supply and demand. The<br \/>\nbiggest challenges for current batteries are:&nbsp; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The availability of raw materials. <\/li>\n<li>The cost of electricity storage and long lifetime. <\/li>\n<li>Safety and applicability for example in the built environment. <\/li>\n<li>Recyclability and circular application of raw materials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Current rechargeable batteries generally use Li-ion cells.<br \/>\nThese cells can ignite and emit toxic gases. Moreover, the extraction of<br \/>\nlithium is a polluting process that uses a lot of water. Exergy Storage<br \/>\ndeveloped a new battery technology, based on common &amp; cheap raw materials<br \/>\nsuch as salt (NaCl), (recycled) aluminum and iron. These long-lasting batteries<br \/>\noffer the prospect of exceptionally low electricity storage costs and<br \/>\nrelatively low production costs. The technology is also suitable for realizing<br \/>\nclosed material cycles.&nbsp; <br \/>\nThe project objective: to scale up the battery<br \/>\ntechnology to industrial scale for prototyping and in preparation for pilot scale-up.<br \/>\nTogether with Fraunhofer Umsicht as &#8216;Berater&#8217;, the aim is to optimize the cell<br \/>\nelectrodes and performance. Becker Insulation determines what is effective<br \/>\nmaterial for insulating battery housings. In parallel, together with Stanstechniek,<br \/>\nthe manufacturing processes for battery components are being optimized and<br \/>\nscaled up. Finally, prototype batteries will be delivered and demonstrated in<br \/>\nrepresentative test environments of both Stadtwerke Goch and Hirsch&#8217;s new<br \/>\nsustainable houses. Also, a battery container for its own energy generation and<br \/>\nstorage is being tested at the Stanstechniek site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","pr-category":[277],"pr-priority":[287],"pr-stat":[252,254],"class_list":["post-37867","projects","type-projects","status-publish","hentry","pr-category-energy-climate","pr-priority-a-greener-programme-area","pr-stat-neu","pr-stat-new"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/37867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pr-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pr-category?post=37867"},{"taxonomy":"pr-priority","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pr-priority?post=37867"},{"taxonomy":"pr-stat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pr-stat?post=37867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}