News from energy research
14.04.2020 Mission Electricity 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 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 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 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 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 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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14.02.2020 Mission Electricity News
Perovskite silicon tandem solar cell reaches new record
The newly developed photovoltaic cell made of silicon and perovskite crystals can convert 29.15 per cent of the incident light into power.
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11.02.2020 Mission Electricity Project Insights
Laser beam accelerates geothermal drilling
LaserJetDrilling is the name of a new process in which a laser beam that is guided within a water jet weakens hard rock before it is actually drilled.
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07.02.2020 Mission Electricity News
New battery inverter successfully in use
The battery inverter by SMA are the result of a research project and are used worldwide for power storage.
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09.01.2020 Mission Electricity 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 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 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 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 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 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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