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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 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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 Projekteinblicke

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.