News from energy research
01.10.2019 Mission Electricity 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Project Insights
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 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 Project Insights
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 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 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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26.05.2019 Mission Electricity Project Insights
Predicting solar radiation for the short term
Solar power plants can be operated more efficiently if the solar radiation is known precisely.
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