News from energy research
09.01.2020 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Test benches and outdoor field trials in comparison
Test benches offer reproducible conditions compared to testing new wind turbines in the open field. But is this data enough for certification alone?
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18.12.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Plant converts carbon dioxide into fuel
The carbon dioxide comes from the flue gas of a power plant. The conversion is being demonstrated under industrial conditions for the first time.
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13.12.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Efficient solar cells developed from float-zone silicon
Bifacial silicon solar cells achieve an efficiency of 21.6 per cent. New ultra-thin wires cut more wafers from a silicon crystal.
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04.12.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
First test centre for micro gas turbines inaugurated
Micro gas turbines can provide decentralized power and heat in industrial plants or private households.
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02.12.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
IEA-Film shows latest geothermal energy technologies
In "Energy for Tomorrow – Innovative Geothermal Technology" the International Energy Agency (IEA) presents innovative drilling technologies.
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29.11.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
New screen printing process for ultra-thin contact fingers for efficient silicon solar cells
A new screen printing process enables the printing of narrow contact fingers on silicon solar cells of less than 20 microns.
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01.10.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Interviews
Test bench checks electrical properties of wind turbines
In the HiL-GridCoP project, a test bench is being developed that is smaller and specifically tests the electrical properties of wind turbines.
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20.09.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Biogas plant uses straw and chicken manure
Straw and chicken manure accumulate in large quantities and are suitable for material and energy recovery in biogas plants.
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29.08.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
New record for multi-layer solar cells
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have developed multi-layer solar cells with an efficiency of 34.1 percent.
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28.08.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
10 years of research at Solar Tower Jülich
Unlike in commercially operated solar thermal power plants, electricity production at the Jülich solar tower is not the central concern.
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15.08.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Storing electricity with liquid air
Compared to pumped storage tanks, liquid air energy storage tanks can be installed wherever they are needed, regardless of the local conditions.
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14.08.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Gas turbines – a building block of the energy transition
New industrial gas turbine with an output of less than 25 megawatts is suitable for use in combined gas and steam turbine plants.
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01.08.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Test rigs improve the performance of wind turbines
Test rigs ensure reproducible conditions for certification tests. The manufacturers save time and money.
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31.07.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
Burning waste and storing electricity
Using electricity from waste incineration plants to produce hydrogen, which in a further step reacts with Carbon dioxide to form methanol.
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11.07.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Stable grids thanks to hydropower
The demand for flexible hydropower to stabilize electricity grids is increasing worldwide.
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