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News from energy research

News from energy research

29.11.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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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09.07.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

Mobile rig installs and removes pumps

If a production pump of a geothermal power plant fails, it's removed from the borehole together with the production pipes and transported to the surf.

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02.07.2019 Mission Heat Transition 2045 News

Solar Decathlon Europe 2021: Focus on Urban Solutions

 international competition Solar Decathlon Europe 2021 (SDE21) in Wuppertal, Germany

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28.06.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

Heat from the substratum for Hesse

The investment costs are in the double-digit million range. New methods combine satellite, airborne and terrestrial data.

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11.06.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Optimizing the drive train of a wind turbine

A "transparent" wind turbine nacelle with around 300 installed sensors formed the focus of the "FVA nacelle" research project.

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01.06.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Interviews

Stable and safe operation of electricity grids with photovoltaics

In regions without a grid connection, electricity is often supplied from diesel power plants. Photovoltaics could replace a considerable part of this.

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