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21.07.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Worldwide unique technology platform for micro gas turbines

DLR has a technology platform for testing and further developing fuel- and load-flexible micro gas turbines that is the only one of its kind.

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19.07.2022 Mission Energy System 2045 Project Insights

Making the Full Life Cycle of Buildings Climate-Smarter

Grey emissions can be measured and limited more effectively: researchers in the KEA-Bauwerk project are developing basic principles  to reduce energy

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12.07.2022 Mission Heat Transition 2045 News

Rhine Supplies Thermal Energy via New Large-Scale Heat Pump

 Mannheim-based energy company MVV is building a river water source heat pump along the bank of the Rhine by the GKM power station in Mannheim.

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29.06.2022 Mission Heat Transition 2045, Mission Transfer News

German RoofKIT Team Wins Solar Decathlon Europe

The winner of the international student competition Solar Decathlon Europe has been announced: 

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27.06.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells on the way from the laboratory to production

A cluster plant set up at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin enables perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells to be produced on industrial wafer sizes.

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21.06.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Higher efficiency for solar thermal tower power plants

The team of scientists in the HiTRec3D research project used an innovative absorber to achieve up to 8 per cent higher efficiency than before.

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15.06.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Wind Day: Research projects strengthen expansion

Good news for sustainable climate protection on today's Global Wind Day: The cost of electricity from wind power keeps getting cheaper.

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13.06.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Intelligent systems monitor wind turbines

Wind turbines: For the first time, the condition of the towers' surfaces can be assessed solely on the basis of digital data.

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13.06.2022 Mission Heat Transition 2045, Mission Transfer News

Solar Decathlon Europe: Fresh Ideas for Climate-Smart Future Buildings

The Solar Decathlon Europe in Wuppertal will present the ideas that international students have for a climate-friendly building stock.

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09.06.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Made in Germany: Most efficient solar cell in the world

With a record efficiency of 47.6 per cent, scientists have reclaimed the title of the world's most efficient solar cell for Germany.

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25.05.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Liquid salt storage for high temperatures increases efficiency

Scientists are researching liquid salt storage tanks for solar thermal power plants that are suitable for high temperatures until 620 degrees Celsius.

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25.05.2022 Mission Energy System 2045 Project Insights

Therakles – Dynamic simulation of heat flows in individual zones

The Therakles simulation software calculates thermal transport processes in individual thermal zones in buildings.

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16.05.2022 Mission Heat Transition 2045, Mission Transfer News

Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22: View Climate-Smart Buildings Up Close

Extending, adding storeys, closing gaps between buildings: Students at SDE 21/22 show what sustainable housing in cities can look like.

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03.05.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Interviews

Parabolic trough test plant with liquid salt operation

Dr Jana Stengler explains what challenges still need to be overcome in order to use liquid salt economically in parabolic trough plants.

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03.05.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Solar thermal test system with liquid salt heat transfer medium inaugurated

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and its partners in Portugal inaugurated one of the world's first parabolic trough plants operated with liquid salt.

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