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The computer-animated image shows a combined cycle power plant to which a steam generation unit for an H2-O2 combustion process is connected.

19.06.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

How process heat or electricity can be produced without pollutants

A team of researchers is developing a steam generator to burn hydrogen and oxygen and generate electricity or heat without pollutants.

15.06.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Solar industry in Germany shows double-digit growth for the sixth year in a row

The annual report of the PVPS photovoltaic programme shows that the German photovoltaic sector continues to develop positively.

The photo shows a busy traffic intersection in a city.

08.05.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Microturbine becomes hydrogen-capable

Euro-K is working with TU Berlin to develop a burner that can be installed in commercially available turbines and run on 100 percent hydrogen.

Symbolic photo: View of house roofs with photovoltaic systems.

03.05.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Sun Day: 240 gigawatts of newly installed photovoltaic capacity worldwide in 2022

In 2022, the photovoltaic sector again recorded significant growth. Globally installed photovoltaic capacity currently hits around 1.2 terawatts.

Test stand for coordinated clocking at the Institute for Electrical Power Engineering at the University of Rostock.

18.04.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Higher power through coordinated switching of several converters

The WindUmEta project partners have optimised the converters connected upstream of the power grid so they receive more electricity from wind turbines.

The photo shows the brick-red photovoltaic system on the roof of a gymnasium in Eppingen, which was developed as part of the PVHide research project.

06.04.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Photovoltaic modules turn red

In the PVHide research project, a team of scientists has developed a brick-red photovoltaic system.

ZSW researcher manufacturing perovskite solar cells.

04.04.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Environmentally friendly and efficient: thin-film solar cells in tandem

In the CAPITANO project, researchers have developed a tandem solar cell that combines two thin-film-based solar cell types (perovskite and CIGS).

The power plant, located on the Rhine, is characterised by very efficient water extraction and return facilities. These are ideally suited as a heat source for a large-scale heat pump.

30.03.2023 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

New: Large-Scale Heat Pumps in Germany’s District Heating Networks

A large proportion of Germany’s CO₂ emissions can be attributed to the supply of heat.

In SmartQuart, different neighborhoods are digitally linked to each other.

30.03.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045, Mission Energy System 2045, Mission Heat Transition 2045, Mission Hydrogen 2030, Mission Transfer Project Insights

SmartQuart: Energy Transition on a Local Scale

We already have the technology to implement the energy, transport, and heating transition on a local scale 100 % renewable energy.

Here you can see ten covered PVT collectors, each with an area of 1.7 square meters, on an apartment building in Salzgitter-Hallendorf, Lower Saxony.

17.03.2023 Mission Energy System 2045, Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Generating Electricity and Heat More Efficiently with Solar Energy

Photovoltaic thermal systems can generate electricity and heat with solar energy.

16.03.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Grid-friendly operational management strategies for non-residential buildings

This project is aimed at developing and testing innovative strategies for the energy-efficient operational management of non-residential buildings.

Here you can see a partial segment of the test track encased in a mudguard on which the newly developed tube liners were tested.

16.03.2023 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Rehabilitation of District Heating Pipes Simplified

A team in the "FW-Liner" project has investigated how district heating pipelines can be renovated in a resource-saving way.

Scanning electron microscope image of a solar cell front contact with a triangular cross-sectional area, printed with LIDE-structured glass foil stencil.

19.01.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

New printing technologies for efficient silicon solar cells

The INNOMET project team has succeeded in printing fine-line contacts with a triangular cross-section on crystalline solar cells.

Symbol photo: Engineer checks the operation of a solar system.

12.01.2023 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

New offer of information for people interested in photovoltaics

Anyone who would like to find out about current developments in photovoltaics can now take advantage of an offer from the International Energy Agency.

The historic Margarethenhöhe workers' housing estate in Essen in an aerial view from the southeast (2009).

09.01.2023 Project Insights

District concept enables energy efficiency in listed buildings

The listed settlement Margarethenhöhe in Essen is a historic residential quarter. Many buildings remained almost unchanged since their construction.

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