News from energy research
News from energy research
03.05.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Sun Day: Global expansion of photovoltaics last year amounts to 140 gigawatts
Preliminary data shows that the global photovoltaics market has grown significantly – notwithstanding the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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23.04.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Decentralised gas turbine plants support the energy transition
New technologies for small industrial gas turbines in the 8-megawatt class have successfully passed tests and achieved CHP efficiencies above 85 %.
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13.04.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke
Module-integrated power electronics for photovoltaic systems
Efficiency for module-integrated power electronics can be improved by new semiconductor materials.
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12.04.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045, Mission Energy System 2045 News
Fighting Viruses with Air and Rays
Research in the field of buildings and districts is currently developing numerous solutions to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
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08.04.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Flexible power production through bioenergy plants
The power production of bioenergy plants such as biogas plants is aligned more closely with current demand through a bonus/malus system.
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31.03.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
NexWafe wins Fraunhofer Founder Award for pioneering photovoltaic technology
The start-up NexWafe has developed a novel method to produce silicon wafers. This has earned the company the Fraunhofer Founder Award 2020.
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24.03.2021 Mission Energy System 2045 News
Saving Energy with Intelligent Plug-and-Play Box
Consuming energy in the same place as it is produced has many advantages.
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05.03.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
GeotIS – geothermal information system supports planning
GeotIS provides companies and research institutions with a reliable database for assessing the feasibility of geothermal projects.
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01.02.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Accelerated testing of rotor blade bearings
The BEAT6.1 large bearing test rig in Hamburg enables better knowledge of damage and damage progression on the highly loaded bearings.
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11.01.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke
Software system automatically monitors drilling process
A new integrative software system monitors and optimises the entire drilling process. It takes into account current measurements from the borehole.
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07.01.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
New laser contacting process for the production of solar cell contacts
The laser transfer and firing process was implemented for the first time on a fully automated system.
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06.01.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
New CSP-ERANET project launched
International research partnerships are working on increasing the efficiency of solar thermal power plants and reducing costs at the same time.
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09.12.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045, Mission Energy System 2045, Mission Heat Transition 2045 News
energyTWIN: digital energy twin for buildings
The energyTWIN research project aims to use virtual images to make building operations more efficient.
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03.12.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Wind turbines can stabilise the power grid
The research project "GridLoads" shows: Wind turbines are particularly suitable for supporting the power grid and providing instantaneous reserve.
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26.11.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Offshore wind farms dismantling and recycling
Wind turbines at sea must be replaced or dismantled after about 20 to 25 years.
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