News from energy research
18.05.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Optimised coating process for tandem solar cells
In a newly launched research project, researchers want to improve the manufacturing equipment for coating silicon perovskite tandem solar cells.
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07.05.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 News
A Renovation Wave for Europe and Germany
Through its “Renovation Wave” strategy, the European Commission is aiming to double the rate of energy-efficient renovations in the next ten years.
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06.05.2021 Mission Energy System 2045, Mission Heat Transition 2045 News
Database Closes Knowledge Gap about Non-Residential Buildings
From a simple warehouse to a highly automated industrial facility: many kinds of building fall under the definition of “non-residential building”.
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06.05.2021 Mission Energy System 2045, Mission Transfer News
Living Lab for the Energy Transition DELTA Launches in Darmstadt
In an urban environment, there are many approaches to reducing CO2 emissions in the buildings, residential, and mobility sectors.
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05.05.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Decentralised utilisation of biogas in mini-cogeneration plants
A local biogas network connects biogas plants. This enables operators to distribute their biogas and feed it into decentralised CHPs.
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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 Project Insights
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 Project Insights
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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