News from energy research
09.05.2019 Mission Electricity Project Insights
Ocean currents – an energy source for the future
A floating platform with a modular turbine system uses the tidal current.
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07.05.2019 Mission Electricity Project Insights
Lots of low-cost solar power
Reduce production costs of solar cells by optimizing the screen printing process and the passivation of the cells.
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03.05.2019 Mission Electricity Project Insights
New maintenance concepts for offshore wind farms
New strategies for the operating phase and maintenance of wind farms significantly reduce costs.
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02.05.2019 Mission Electricity Project Insights
New high temperature oil successfully demonstrated at Plataforma Solar de Almería
New heat carrier, the silicone oil HELIOSOL 5A can be used in solar thermal power plants even at higher operating temperatures.
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23.04.2019 Mission Heat, Mission Hydrogen, Mission Transfer News
Military hospital becomes the heart of an emission-free power-only quarter
At the campus of Freie Universität Berlin, scientists are transforming the energy supply from fossil to 100 percent renewable energies.
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08.03.2019 Mission Electricity News
Test rig for rotor blades of wind turbines
The Fraunhofer IWES has successfully commissioned a test rig for rotor blade bearings up to 6.5 meters in diameter.
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08.03.2019 Mission Electricity Project Insights
Using PV electricity – saves costs for diesel fuel
In off-grid areas, PV electricity can supplement and, as far as possible, replace diesel generators.
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28.02.2019 Mission Electricity Project Insights
Biogas ensures stable networks
Biogas plants can flexibly feed in power and heat and in this way compensate for fluctuations in the power and heating network.
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25.02.2019 Mission Electricity News
Coast Research Centre in Hannover inaugurates model wave channel
At the wave channel, the interaction of waves and currents can be studied and important insights for coastal protection can be gained.
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20.02.2019 Mission Electricity News
Mobile workover rig for deep geothermal energy
The developed rig allows pump changes to be carried out quickly and automatically.
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01.01.2019 Mission Electricity Interviews
Flexible electricity from biogas
Biogas plants are available throughout the country and the plants’ operating principle offers various starting points for feeding electricity.
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20.12.2018 Mission Electricity 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.
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20.12.2018 Mission Electricity Project Insights
Electricity from photovoltaics stabilises power grids
Reliable power supply with a hybrid power plant that optimally combines photovoltaic and fossil power generation.
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19.12.2018 Mission Electricity 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.
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15.11.2018 Mission Electricity 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.
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