Funder: Project funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4
Component 2 Investment 1.3 - Call for tender No. 1561 of 11.10.2022 of Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MUR); funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU
Award number: Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition (NEST), PE0000021, Concession Decree No. 1561 of 11.10.2022 adopted by Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MUR), CUP D43C22003090001
Benificiary: Magaldi Power Spa
Project duration: 01/06/2024 – 30/09/2025
The project aims to study and model the configuration and process parameters for thermal storage systems charged by Renewable Energy Storage (RES) electricity. The systems are Thermal Energy Storage (TES) based on fluidized bed modules in series, able to deliver green heat on demand at high temperatures (>400 °C).
The development of a suitable thermodynamic model is envisaged to size the system and simulate operation and performance, through energy charging, storage and discharging cycles for selected time windows, according to the user’s request.
The STEP project, completed in September 2025, fits into the context of innovative thermal energy storage technology, able to provide a solution to address the problems related both to Net-Zero and to grid flexibility.
