News from energy research
26.10.2021 Mission Transfer Project Insights
Public-private partnership finances new energy-efficient administrative building
A special financing model was used for delivering the project: a public private partnership or PPP for short.
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26.10.2021 Mission Energy System 2045 Project Insights
Resource-conserving refurbishment of a vocational college
On the campus of the vocational college in Detmold, three school buildings and a sports hall were completely refurbished.
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25.10.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Triple solar cells achieve record efficiency
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have developed multi-layer solar cells with an efficiency of 35.9 per cent.
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21.10.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Researchers develop the world's first pilot plant for solar fuel
Sunlight becomes fuel: In Jülich, the technology chain is mapped from capturing sunlight to synthetic fuel.
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19.10.2021 Mission Energy System 2045, Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Optimised energy supply of mixed-use areas
By analysing historical consumption and simulating large loads, power, heating and cooling demand scenarios are being drawn up for the future.
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19.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Performance of surface cooling systems with PCMs
The PCM Demo II research project intends to test and scientifically evaluate the practicality of PCMs in buildings.
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18.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
MoniSoft for building monitoring and energy-based optimisation
MoniSoft, a Java-based and platform-independent software package, simplifies the monitoring and operational analysis of buildings.
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18.10.2021 Mission Hydrogen 2030 Project Insights
New office and laboratory building uses waste heat and geothermal heat
With its new “Energy Centre”, the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg now has an energy-efficient new building.
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14.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Heating new construction areas with mine water
The goal of the GW-Ruhr project is to use the existing mining infrastructure in the Ruhr region for a more climate-friendly energy provision.
12.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Cost-effective decentralised fieldbus system tested
SmallCAN can be used to considerably simplify the automated operation of buildings.
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12.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Energy-plus housing scheme with a solar-active, grid-connected energy supply
The project is accompanying the first construction phase of an energy-plus housing scheme being constructed in Berlin Adlershof.
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12.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Heat pumps for the refurbishment of apartment buildings
Solutions for the use of low-exergy systems are being developed for the heat supply of existing multi-family houses.
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12.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Low-exergy transmission pipes for storing and distributing heat
Development of a LowEx multi-line network capable of integrating different local energy sources at different temperature levels.
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12.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Performance of heat storage systems with PCMs
Evaluation of various PCM systems in buildings during actual, long-term operation.
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11.10.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Offshore wind turbines: New coatings protect against corrosion
New coatings for flanges of offshore wind turbines are to provide lasting protection against corrosion.
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