Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in the UK

低温（LT）（<50℃）含水层热能储存（ATES）是一种地热季节性能源储存，具有提供高效率（约70-90%）的大容量（ca. gw）加热和冷却的潜力，并可与其他可再生能源（如太阳能和风能）一起部署。LT-ATES是英国大规模供暖和制冷脱碳的关键候选技术，因为在许多大型城市和工业中心地下都有合适的含水层。另一方面，高温地热能（50 ~ 50℃）有潜力将大量能量储存在地下深处，可能是管理未来可再生能源盈余和赤字的关键。这个项目的目的是对英国的空调系统进行数值模拟，并回答一些重要的问题，如“英国供暖/制冷需求的多少比例可以由空调系统提供？”以及“HT-ATES在英国可行吗？”

Low-temperature (LT) (<50 C) Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) is a type of geothermal seasonal energy storage that has the potential to deliver large capacity (ca.GW) heating and cooling with high efficiency (ca. 70-90%) and be deployed with other renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. LT-ATES is a key candidate technology for large-scale decarbonisation of heating and cooling in the UK, because there are suitable aquifers beneath numerous large urban and industrial centres. On the other hand, high-temperature ATES (>50 C) has the potential to store large volumes of energy deep underground and may be key to managing future renewable power surpluses and deficits in the future. The aim of this project is to undertake numerical modelling of ATES in the UK and answer important questions such as, 'what fraction of UK demand for heating/cooling could be supplied by LT-ATES?' and 'is HT-ATES viable in the UK?'