Turn excess electricity into useful goods

Our electricity grid is increasingly congested, limiting the growth of renewable energy.

icon_xs1_100

Central becomes decentral – Congestion is often a local issue, for which traditional centralised power plants and battery parks are no solution.

Change takes time – Improving our grid is costly and very time intensive. Think decades, not months.

Ineffective demand response – Large end-use impact makes demand response ineffective and a questionable solution.

The Zerobox turns excess electricity into useful products, solving grid congestion one box at a time.

ZEROBOX

The Zerobox helps TSO’s, DSO’s, utility- and project developers solve their local grid balancing and capacity challenges.

Instead of only storing electricity – Zeroboxes produce products. Examples are hydrogen, heat for heating networks and fertilizer.

The zerobox is built to improve congestion and balancing by turning excess electricity into useful products.

The Zerobox is a decentral solution scaled to fit local needs.

Producing useful products – Zeroboxes do more than just storing energy, but produce useful products such as hydrogen. Unlike batteries, they are not limited by energy capacity. But like batteries, Zeroboxes are great at solving local congestion.

A decentralised and local solution – We believe local problems are best solved locally. The Zerobox prevents time-consuming grid upgrades and delays in adding connections to the net.

Highly scalable – Zeroboxes consume 1-5MW in a containerized package. They are tailored to local needs, ensuring maximum efficiency in every situation.

Green hydrogen is key in the electrification of our industrial processes and heavy-duty transport. To support the energy transition, demand for green hydrogen will increase dramatically in the coming years.

Flexible power usage – the power usage of a zerobox producing hydrogen can be changed from 10-100% within seconds. Therefore, the zerobox is a highly flexible asset in solving congestion and balancing.

Produce cost-competitive H2 – The produced green hydrogen is cost competitive with traditional (blue) hydrogen. The H2 produced can be sold as fuel for mobility and as feedstock for industrial processes.

Case study:

Green hydrogen production

TECHNICAL DETAILS

2.5MW PEM electrolyser    

Near-instant ramp up/down of 10-100% power    

Produces cost competitive green H2 per day    

Zero emissions    

Case study:

Green heat for district heating

TECHNICAL DETAILS

1-5MW boiler unit

Instant ramp up/down of 0-100% power

Low-cost heating

Zero emissions

Sustainable heating – Adding the Zerobox to district heating networks accelerates the path towards CO2-neutral heating. As Zeroboxes use excess electricity, the heating provided is emission-free.

Increased local (peak) capacity – The Zerobox reduces grid congestion whilst delivering extra heat to the district heating network. This increases the peak capacity of both the heating- and electricity networks.

Low-cost heating – Because excess electricity is used, the generated heat is low-cost. Furthermore, Zeroboxes can be installed near end-users of heat, increasing efficiency and lowering heating costs.

Interested?

Jorrit Lucas

jorrit@jor.energy
+31 (0)6 5512 0957

Bas Nootebos

bas@jor.energy
+31 (0)6 45142540

www.xszero.com