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Co-funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 691797 Innovative large-scale energy storage tech- nologies and Power-to-Gas concepts after optimisation Dissemination activities around demonstration plant in Solothurn Due Date 31 December 2019 (M46) Deliverable Number D3.7 WP Number WP3 Responsible Bettina Bordenet, SVGW Author(s) Bettina Bordenet Reviewer Daniel Stähr, DVGW Status Started / Draft / Consolidated / Review / Approved / Submitted / Ac- cepted by the EC / Rework Dissemination level PU Public PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) Restricted to a group specified by the consortium RE (including the Commission Services) Confidential, only for members of the consortium CO (including the Commission Services) D3.7 Dissemination activities around demonstration plant in Solothurn Page 2 of 66 Document history Version Date Author Description 0.1 2020-01-25 B. Bordenet First Draft 1.0 2020-02-24 B. Bordenet Final D3.7 Dissemination activities around demonstration plant in Solothurn Page 3 of 66 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 7 2 Definition of target group / visitors ............................................................................................ 8 3 Dissemination Activities ........................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Demo site homepage ........................................................................................................ 9 3.2 Demo site patron ............................................................................................................ 10 3.3 Demo site events ............................................................................................................ 11 3.3.1 Press Conference and visit of the RES electrolyser in Solothurn 08.04.2016 ........... 11 3.3.2 Ground breaking 04.05.2017 ................................................................................... 11 3.3.3 Installation of Web-cam 01.05.2017 ......................................................................... 12 3.3.4 Visit Swiss Commission of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy (Kommission für Umwelt, Raumplanung und Energie, Urek-N), 10.10.2017 ..................................................... 13 3.3.5 Forschungstag der Schweizerischen Gasindustrie: Die Rolle von Gas in der Energieversorgung der Zukunft – bi-annual event on research of the Swiss gas industry: ‘The role of gas in the energy supply in the future’– 28.06.2018 .................................................... 14 3.3.6 Inauguration event 28.01.2019 ................................................................................ 16 3.3.7 STORE&GO Full Project Meeting with Site Visit on 28./29./30.01.2019 ................... 19 3.3.8 Event on operational experience on December 11th 2019: “Power-to-Gas-Anlage Zuchwil: Erfahrung und Ausblick” ........................................................................................... 19 3.4 Guided tours ................................................................................................................... 23 3.4.1 Few examples of guided tours ................................................................................. 26 3.5 Educational Training Programme .................................................................................... 28 3.6 Media Inquiries ............................................................................................................... 29 3.7 Press releases ................................................................................................................ 33 3.8 On-site movies ................................................................................................................ 34 3.9 Give-aways ..................................................................................................................... 35 3.10 Events in Switzerland directly related to the Demo site ................................................... 36 3.10.1 SVGW Energie- und Wasserfachtagung 2018 (Energy & Water technical conference) 36 3.10.2 Energie-Aperos Aargau November 2019 ................................................................. 36 3.10.3 Watt d’or 2020 award ceremony on January 9th, 2020 in Berne, Switzerland ........... 38 3.11 Additional activities ......................................................................................................... 40 4 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................... 41 Annex: Press releases and Publications ....................................................................................... 42 A.1 Publication Aqua & Gas N°2 / 2016: Project Start ................................................................... 42 A.2 Press release: Start of STORE&GO Project ........................................................................... 43 A.3 Publication: Aqua & Gas N°5 / 2016 Project Start ................................................................... 45 A.4 Publication Aqua & Gas N°6 / 2016: Project outline ................................................................ 46 D3.7 Dissemination activities around demonstration plant in Solothurn Page 4 of 66 A.5 Press release: Ground breaking event May 2017 ................................................................... 48 A.6 Publication Aqua & Gas N°7/8 / 2017 part 1 : Ground breaking .............................................. 50 A.7 Publication Aqua & Gas N°7/8 / 2017 part 2 Ground breaking ................................................ 52 A.8 Publication Aqua & Gas N°9 / 2018 ........................................................................................ 53 A.9 Press release: Inauguration event January 2019 .................................................................... 54 A.10 Publication Aqua & Gas N°3 / 2019: Inauguration ................................................................. 56 A.11 Press release: Injection of synthetic methane into gas grid, 24.6.2019 ................................. 58 A.12 Press release: Achievement of 1’000h of operation, 12.12.2019........................................... 59 A.13 Press release: Watt d’Or Award, 09.01.2020 ........................................................................ 60 A.14 Publication from Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE): Watt d’Or January 2020 .............. 61 A.15 Watt d’Or Certificate January 2020 ....................................................................................... 62 A.16 Publication Aqua & Gas N°2 / 2020: Watt d’Or 2020 ............................................................. 63 A.17 Publication Aqua & Gas N°2 / 2020: Event on operational experience December 2019 ........ 64 D3.7 Dissemination activities around demonstration plant in Solothurn Page 5 of 66 Executive Summary The dissemination activity around the demo site in Solothurn was a joined effort between the partners in WP3, coordinated by RES and SVGW. The dissemination is seen as a key activity to increase the awareness for the relevant stakeholders about the power-to-gas technology in general, as well as the specific technology demonstrated in Solothurn, Switzerland. Solothurn is located in the north-western part of Switzerland. On the demo site, the energy hub ‘Hybridwerk Aarmatt’ is already present with a hydrogen production by electrolysis and subsequent injection into the gas grid. The STORE&GO methanation plant was integrated into the energy hub, when the project started in 2016. The experience with the dissemination and guided tours of the energy hub ‘Hybridwerk Aarmatt’ with the hydrogen production, which were done in 2013–2016, was a solid base for the activities in the frame of the STORE&GO project. The target groups for the dissemination at Solothurn are politicians, administration and associations from the energy & environment sector, gas industry, companies and interested citizens, from Swit- zerland, Europe and other countries. The main objectives in the dissemination are to inform about the power-to-gas technology, to highlight its contribution to the energy transition and to increase awareness and acceptance in politics and within the population. The intended target groups were: - Politicians and administration from the energy & environment sector - Companies / customers / associations from energy & environment sector, especially from gas industry - Interested citizens, as well as teacher / students from technical schools and academia The main stakeholders were identified and were invited to targeted events to allow a tailored dis- semination. Nearly 300 persons attended the specific organised events on the demo site and nearly 1000 persons have made a guided tour on the STORE&GO plant until end of February 2020. Addi- tionally, on other events in a neighbouring canton in November 2019, more than 570 attendants have been informed about the technology and performance of the plant. A specific focus was put on the information of the gas industry and people from the energy sector, with targeted events and publica- tions in technical journals. Events organised within the gas industry were held on the demo site to enhance the visibility and show the importance for such a demonstration plant. The dissemination activity has