SOlar Calcium-looping integRAtion for

Thermo-Chemical Energy Storage

Fact Sheet

Project Information

SOCRATCES Funded under

H2020-EU.3.3.
Grant agreement ID: 727348 H2020-EU.3.3.2.

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Overall budget
€ 4 975 402,50
Start date End date
1 January 2018 31 December 2021 EU contribution
€ 4 975 402,50

Coordinated by
UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
  Spain

Objective
Lime (CaO) has been long proposed as an energy-intensive material for the storage
of energy in a chemical form by means of carbonation/calcination cycles. This
Calcium-looping process (CaL) is the basis of a proven pilot-scale technology for
CO2 capture, which is accomplished by carbonation of CaO and its regeneration in a
calciner reactor operated under high CO2 partial pressure and high temperature. The
wide availability of limestone (<10€/ton) is a key factor for the feasibility of the CaL
process. However, the huge potential for lime also to store energy has been inhibited
by its propensity to sinter at the high temperatures of the standard CaL cycle for CO2
capture, which reduces dramatically its multicycle conversion. SOCRATCES will be
built on previous R&D results of the partners indicating that the CaL process can be
integrated into CSP plants for thermochemical energy storage and power generation
by means of a simple closed CO2 loop. High global efficiencies (>45%) are achieved
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under new CaL conditions implying carbonation under high temperature (>850ºC) at
high CO2 partial pressure compatible with high-efficiency power blocks. Moreover,
fast calcination is carried out at temperatures < 700ºC by the Flash Calcination
technology, which allows using mature and inexpensive solar receiver technology.
Circulating Fluidized Bed reactors of proven efficiency. The new CSP-CaL integration
yields high storage energy density (3.2 GJ/m3) with possible long-time gaps between
load and discharge. SOCRATCES is aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of this
integration by erecting a pilot-scale plant that uses cheap, abundant, and non-toxic
materials as well as mature solar and fluidized bed reactor technologies.
SOCRATCES will confer the EU a leading role in the development of efficient and
non-toxic CSP with low-cost storage (<12€/kWh) and LCOE <7c€/kWh.
The consortium involves the full value chain, in a well-balanced distribution between
R&D groups and companies

Programme(s)

Topic(s)

Call for proposal

H2020-LCE-2016-RES-CCS-RIA

Funding Scheme

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
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Address Activity type EU contribution
Calle S. Fernando 4 Higher or Secondary € 403 880,89
41004 Sevilla Education Establishments
  Spain

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Participants (14)

POLITECNICO DI TORINO
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  Italy
EU contribution

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 € 235 493,30

Address Activity type

Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24 Higher or Secondary
10129 Torino Education Establishments

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UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA
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  Spain
EU contribution
€ 219 018,75

Address Activity type

Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12 Higher or Secondary
50009 Zaragoza Education Establishments

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ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS

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  Greece
EU contribution
€ 621 750

Address Activity type

Charilaou Thermi Road 6 Km Research Organisations
57001 Thermi Thessaloniki

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CALIX (EUROPE) LIMITED

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  United Kingdom
EU contribution
€ 941 000

Address Activity type

Chipper Lane 21 Old Library Private for-profit entities
Chambers 21 (excluding Higher or
SP1 1BG Salisbury Wiltshire Secondary Education
Establishments)

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AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES

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CIENTIFICAS
  Spain
EU contribution
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 € 223 500

Address Activity type

Calle Serrano 117 Research Organisations
28006 Madrid

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ATRIA SMART ENERGY SOLUTIONS SOCIEDAD LIMITADA 

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  Spain
EU contribution
€ 30 452,91

Address Activity type

C/jose De La Camara 5 Private for-profit entities
41018 Sevilla (excluding Higher or
Secondary Education
Establishments)

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VEREIN ZUR FORDERUNG DES TECHNOLOGIETRANSFERS AN DER

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HOCHSCHULE BREMERHAVEN EV
  Germany
EU contribution
€ 694 274,25

Address Activity type

Am Lunedeich 12 Research Organisations
27572 Bremerhaven

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BIOAZUL, SL
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  Spain
EU contribution
€ 195 493,30

Address Activity type

Avenida Manuel Agustin Private for-profit entities
Heredia Numero 18, 1-4 (excluding Higher or
29001 Malaga Secondary Education
Establishments)

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CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

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 CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
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  Italy
EU contribution
€ 147 750

Address Activity type

Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 Research Organisations
00185 Roma

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VERTECH GROUP 
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  France
EU contribution
€ 191 317,01

Address Activity type

11 Rue Defly Private for-profit entities
06000 Nice (excluding Higher or
Secondary Education
Establishments)

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SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE INOVACAO CONSULTADORIA EMPRESARIAL

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E FOMENTO DA INOVACAO SA
  Portugal
EU contribution
€ 152 500

Address Activity type

Av Marechal Gomes Da Costa Private for-profit entities
1376 Porto Concelho Foz Do (excluding Higher or
Douro Secondary Education
4150 356 Porto Establishments)

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ISITEC GMBH
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  Germany
EU contribution
€ 181 125

Address Activity type

Bussestrasse 27 Private for-profit entities
27570 Bremerhaven (excluding Higher or
Secondary Education
Establishments)
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ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS

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  Greece
EU contribution
€ 331 250

Address Activity type

Kedea Building, Tritis Higher or Secondary
Septemvriou, Aristotle Univ Education Establishments
Campus
54636 Thessaloniki

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VIRTUALMECHANICS SL
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  Spain
EU contribution
€ 406 597,09

Address Activity type

Calle Arquitectura N 1, Torre Private for-profit entities
6, Planta 10, Modulo (excluding Higher or
41015 Sevilla Secondary Education
Establishments)

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Last update: 20 September 2021

Record number: 212577

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