sCO2-Flex at SET Plan Action 6 Networking Event

Members of the sCO2-flex project will attend the SET Plan Action Action 6 conference on 4 December in Brussels to network and present the project’s latest developments and challenges.   The Integrated Strategic Energy Technologies (SET) Plan Action 6 focuses on “making EU industry less energy and resources intensive, more carbon-neutral and competitive“. The SET …

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sCO2flex at SolarPACES 2019

Sco2flex partners at POLIMI attended the SolarPACES conference in Daegu, South Korea in October 2019.    SolarPACES has played a formative role in CSP research from the very earliest days beginning in 1977, and the role has widened as the market for dispatchable solar has become more defined to today’s commercial deployment at full-scale. As …

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sCO2-flex at ETIP SNET’s Western & South-eastern Regions’ Workshop in Paris

The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Smart Networks for Energy Transition (ETIP SNET) in collaboration with Pôle MEDEE, Systematic and Think Smartgrids hosted a workshop on European projects working on Energy transition, including sCO2-flex, on November 14-15 in Paris, France. The Workshop provided a unique opportunity to learn from Central  & Northern Region’s national Research & Innovation (R&I) projects …

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New sCO2 project: sCO2-4-NPP launches in Paris

Just over a month ago, an innovative sCO2-based Heat removal technology for an increased level of safety of nuclear power plants was kicked-off in Paris    The main aim of the sCO2-4-NPP is to bring an innovative technology based on supercritical CO2 (sCO2) for heat removal in nuclear power plants (NPPs) closer to the market. …

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ETN October Workshop 2019

ETN’s biennial October Workshop took place on 1-2 October 2019 in Florence, Italy, hosted by Baker Hughes. Venue and agenda The event took place at Florence Learning Center. Workshop agenda can be downloaded here. High-Level User Meeting ETN’s annual High-Level User Meeting was held on 30 September 2019 at AC Hotel by Marriott Firenze. For more information …

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3rd European Conference on Supercritical CO2 (sCO2) Power Systems

The third European Conference on Supercritical CO2 took place on 19 and 20 last September, with the forth scheduled in March 2021. Download the conference proceedings.    Scientists from all over Europe came together to talk about the sensible and safe use of supercritical CO2 (sCO2). Professor Brillert, Head of the Department of Turbomachinery at …

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New Paper on the Part-Load Operation Strategy of SCO2 Power Plants

sCO2-Flex partners at POLIMI release paper on the optimisation of the part-load Operation Strategy of sCO2 Power Plans. Supercritical CO2 cycles for power generation are gaining a large interest from industry, institutions and academia as demonstrated by the large amount of investments, founded projects and research papers. This attention is motivated by the potential of …

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Newsletter – 2 – 2019

Download web version: Sco2flex Newsletter 2 – 2019 2 – 2019 Newsletter sCO2flex: making electricity production more flexible 3rd European Conference on Supercritical CO2 (sCO2) Power Systems in Paris The 3rd European Conference on Supercritical CO2 (sCO2) Power Systems will be held on September 19 and 20, 2019, in Paris, France. Read more > “The future …

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sCO2-Flex at ETN’s October Workshop

Members of the sco2flex project will be attending  ETN’s annual High-Level User Meeting held on 30 September followed by ETN’s October Workshop on 1-2 October. The workshop will provide an opportunity for users to contribute to ETN’s future strategy and activities. At this user-only meeting each user will present 1-3 technical issues to be solved …

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Published sCO2-Flex reports

During the first 18 months of the project,  the sco2-flex consortium has published a series of reports which highlight in detail the progress made on sco2 technology so far The published reports include: sCO2 Brayton cycle architecture and components’ specifications Report on Flexibility constraints, Load scenarios definition Report on the selected cycle Report on the …

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