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The lifting carriage of the mobile workover rig of the EBIMA project is used to move the feed pipes one by one into the borehole.

20.02.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Mobile workover rig for deep geothermal energy

The developed rig allows pump changes to be carried out quickly and automatically.

01.01.2019 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Interviews

Flexible electricity from biogas

Biogas plants are available throughout the country and the plants’ operating principle offers various starting points for feeding electricity.

Test system for investigating high-temperature solid heat storage tanks (HOTREG).

20.12.2018 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Coal-fired power plant – fit for the future with thermal storage

Coal-fired power plants become more flexible through thermal storage systems – various concepts show how this systems can be integrated.

PV hyrid power plant combines photovoltaics with wind power and diesel generation.

20.12.2018 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Electricity from photovoltaics stabilises power grids

Reliable power supply with a hybrid power plant that optimally combines photovoltaic and fossil power generation.

The wire gauze reactor enables the pyrolysis and gasification of solids to be investigated on a small scale, but under conditions comparable to industrial plants.

19.12.2018 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

High-temperature gasification – upgrading solid fuels

IGCC power plants have high efficiency and fuel flexibility, as well as the possibility of effective CO2 separation.

Biomass can be gasified in biomass gasification systems that are coupled with high-temperature fuel cells (SOFC).

15.11.2018 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Efficient conversion of biomass into power and heat

High-temperature fuel cells (SOFC) coupled with biomass gasification systems can also be used for fuels of greatly fluctuating quality.

DLR researchers at the new TESIS research facility in Cologne will soon be investigating high-temperature heat storage tanks based on liquid salt.

03.09.2018 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Liquid salt stores heat

Salt storage test system in Germany serves as a platform to investigate storage concepts and liquid salt components up to 560 degrees Celsius.

Scientists have developed a new concept for flexible and load-dependent inspection intervals of power plant components under change load operation.

18.07.2018 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Material stress in flexible power plants

Calculating the lifetime of central plant components more accurately without having to make any concessions in terms of technical safety.

The conversion of biogas into electricity offers a way to compensate for fluctuations in the supply of wind and solar power through adapted production. Research biogas plant of the German Biomass Research Centre.

01.07.2018 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Flexible electricity production from biogas

Technically improve the systems for gas storage and the measurement of the storage level in order to operate biogas plants flexibly.

Output configuration of the test rig. The tests are being carried out with a horizontally mounted drilling rig. The drive (red, in the middle of the picture) drives the drill pipe, which protrudes from the hall onto the test site.

01.06.2018 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Detecting and preventing vibrations in drilling systems

New drilling systems avoid vibrations and improve the drilling process for deep geothermal energy.

Octocopter, equipped with measuring electronics for on-site investigations.

31.03.2018 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Effect of wind farms on radar and navigation systems

New measurement methods provide information on the interactions between wind turbines and radar or air traffic navigation systems.

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