News from energy research
17.06.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Module with five-junction solar cell achieves efficiency of 32 per cent
Multi-junction solar cells are suitable for concentrating photovoltaics in sunny countries. The efficiency of the module reaches 41 percent.
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17.06.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Interviews
Worldwide unique system for wind turbine maintenance
Holger Nawrocki explains how wind turbine operators can make significant cost savings with a newly developed photo documentation system.
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01.06.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Interviews
Incinerated waste as electricity storage
When waste is incinerated, the CO2 it contains is released into the atmosphere. Harnessing this CO2 instead is a new approach.
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04.05.2020 Mission Heat Transition 2045, Mission Transfer News
Living Lab in Former Coal-Mining Region: TransUrban Launches in NRW
Many district heating networks in North Rhine-Westphalia run at high temperatures of approx. 100 °C or higher.
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04.05.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Simple structure of concentrator photovoltaic modules
Modules for concentrating photovoltaics are to be built directly on site in sunny countries to save transport and production costs.
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29.04.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Why international standards for solar power plant components are important
Smooth power plant operation requires binding guidelines for the construction of mirrors or receivers.
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23.04.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Energy research makes patents possible and brings innovations to the market
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16.04.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Measuring rotor blades from a distance
An innovative measurement concept will in future support the servicing of wind turbines. This will also help to further optimise the plant design.
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14.04.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Avoiding standstill
Special measurement methods monitor the condition of the power electronics and determine the remaining lifetime of the individual components.
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14.04.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
NexWafe plans gigawatt factory in Bitterfeld
With its alternative wafer manufacturing process, the company aims to enter into mass production of photovoltaics in 2022.
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12.03.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Recycling of offshore plants and photovoltaic modules
Wind turbines and photovoltaic modules have a limited lifetime. A number of projects are looking at how the components can be recycled.
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12.03.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Interviews
Recycling offshore wind farms in an environmentally friendly and safe way
Dismantling large offshore wind farms: Professor Silke Eckardt addresses this topic in the SeeOff research project with numerous experts.
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11.03.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Interviews
An opportunity for production in Europe
A factory for the mass production of kerfless wafers is set to be built in Bitterfeld. Dr Stefan Reber, co-founder of NexWafe, sees this as a chance.
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27.02.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Fraunhofer IWES develops the world's largest network simulator
The new test rig enables science teams to test how powerful wind turbines can optimally supply power to the grid.
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19.02.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Reliable centrifugal submersible pumps for deep geothermal energy
No lime on bearings and seals of submersible pumps that pump hot and calcareous thermal water at a depth of several hundred metres.
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