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An Audi e-gas plant in Lower Saxony, Germany, has been approved to participate in something called the electricity balancing market. To qualify, the plant had to pass a test, showing it was capable of drawing 6 megawatts of power from the grid in five minutes and run prescribed load profiles. This is important to its balancing abilities, as the plant is responsible for responding and balancing load changes in the electricity grid.
Expansion in the region of wind and photovoltaic generation plants has led to increased load fluctuations, so it’s important for customers like the Audi plant to take part in balancing the grid.
The e-gas plant converts water and CO2 into methane gas that fuels two Audi cars, the A3 Sportback g-tron and the upcoming Audi A4 Avant g-tron. The gas is a more ethical alternative, as it’s climate neutral and sustainable. Audi customers can use their e-gas card to pay for gas at neutral gas fueling stations, and Audi feeds equivalent amounts of this gas into the German natural gas network.
