A power-to-methane system wich an efficiency of that reached 35% was demonstrated. The electricity for the pilot plant was produced with a photovoltaic system. The required hydrogen was produced by electrolysis and the carbon dioxide was recovered directly from ambient air using a Climeworks filter system. The chemical feedstock was converted by catalytic reaction to methane. The power-to-methane plant was also connected to the local gas grid, so the methane could be fed into this grid.
Poroject Lead: Institut für energietechnik
Region: Europe
Country: Switzerland
City/Town: Rapperswil-jona
Timeline Start - End: 2014-01-01 - 2017-01-01
Project Status: Completed
Project Budget: 0.0 €
Funding source: SNSF
Activities:
- CCU (Power-to-X)
CO2 Source: Atmospheric CO2
CCU Tecnology Category: Capture (DAC) and Utilization
Info On Utilization:
- Catalytic conversion
End TRL: 7
CO2 capture/Utilization:
Production Volume:
Product Categories:
- Fuels
Specific Product(s): Methane
- Audi
- KTI
- He-Storage (Swiss competence centers for Energy Research)
- Energie ZürichseelLinth
- Erdgas
- EWJR
- Climeworks