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Participation in North Sea Power-to-Gas Platform
Participation in North Sea Power-to-Gas Platform.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3329D ITM Power PLC 26 April 2013 \n \n\n26 April 2013\n \nITM Power plc\n(\"ITM Power\" or the \"Company\")\n \nParticipation in North Sea Power-to-Gas Platform \n \nITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, is delighted to announce its participation in the newly established 'North Sea Power to Gas Platform' to further develop the concept of Power-to-Gas (P2G) and draws investors' attention to the following announcement released today by DVN KEMA the project coordinator:\n \n\"Eleven leading companies in Europe have joined forces in the newly established North Sea Power to Gas Platform to further develop the concept of Power-to-Gas (P2G): the conversion of renewable power into gas. P2G will play an increasingly important role in our future energy system, as it reduces temporal surpluses of renewable power by converting these surpluses into gases. As these gases can be used for different purposes such as transportation, domestic heating, as feedstock for the chemical industry, and power generation, the potential value of P2G is considerable. \n \n\"The establishment of the North Sea Power to Gas Platform is an important step in the transition towards a sustainable energy system\", says Lukas Grond, P2G expert at DNV KEMA and secretary of the Platform. \"I am pleased that this group of reputed companies has joined forces to bring this technology a step further into the global energy market.\" The Platform is an initiative of energy consulting and testing & certification company, DNV KEMA, and includes Fluxys Belgium and Hydrogenics (Belgium); Energinet.dk and Maersk Oil (Denmark); Alliander, Gasunie and TenneT(Netherlands); ITM Power and National Grid(UK); and Open Grid Europe(Germany).\n \nThe share of electricity from renewable sources in the European electricity mix is increasing. As the power generation from wind and solar fluctuates, the match between renewable power supply and demand is becoming more challenging. At the same time, there are additional challenges to transmit the increasing volumes of renewable power from wind or solar farms to end users. The gas infrastructure can accommodate large volumes of electricity converted into gas in case that the supply of renewable power is larger than the grid capacity or than the electricity demand....