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ZSW researcher manufacturing perovskite solar cells.

04.04.2023 Mission Electricity 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 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, Mission Energy System, Mission Heat, Mission Hydrogen, 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, Mission Heat 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 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 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 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 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.

The team from the DLR Institute for Solar Research is conducting research at the Évora Molten Salt Platform in Portugal, among other places.

04.01.2023 Mission Electricity News

New CSP-ERANET projects launched with German participation

Globally connected research for continuously optimizing solar thermal power plant technology, that is the goal of the CSP-ERANET network.

22.12.2022 Mission Electricity News

Trends and research developments in photovoltaics

Reports from the International Energy Agency's PVPS Photovoltaic programme address current trends and developments in photvoltaics.

The potential of shallow geothermal energy for Germany’s heat supply is to be utilized more effectively. To achieve this, a nationwide standardized database is to be created in the WärmeGut project.

21.12.2022 Mission Heat News

Geological Information for Transforming the Heating Sector

In the WärmeGut project scientists are developing a standardized database for Information on suitable locations for Ground-source heat pumps.

In a Living Lab for the Energy Transition in Jena, experts will demonstrate how energy producers, storage systems, and consumers can be intelligently linked in future.

21.12.2022 Mission Electricity, Mission Energy System, Mission Heat Project Insights

Integrated Energy Supply for Cities

In selected districts in Jena, experts will demonstrate how energy producers, storage systems, and consumers can be intelligently linked.

A model of the heat pump, built by Siemens Energy, that is being used in the Qwark3 project

20.12.2022 Mission Heat News

High-Temperature Heat Pump Utilizes Waste Heat from Cooling Systems

The district heating supply at Potsdamer Platz will become more efficient. As part of the Qwark3 project, an innovative heat pump will be deployed.

The Lausward steam turbine power plant in Düsseldorf at night.

08.12.2022 Mission Electricity Project Insights

Turbomachines indispensable even in a climate-neutral world

Away from fossil fuels towards hydrogen. The ECOFlexTurbo project provides support here by researching combustion systems and developing them.

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