News from energy research
31.01.2022 Mission Energy System 2045 Project Insights
University building with an innovative energy system
With the new-build scheme, Erfurt University of Applied Sciences is expanding its traditional “green campus” with a particularly energy-efficient...
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28.01.2022 Mission Energy System 2045 Project Insights
Residential Complex Aims for Net-Zero Energy Supply
A residential complex comprising four 3- or 5-storey buildings with basements and an unconverted attic was in need of refurbishment.
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28.01.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Successful field test of the hot dry rock method
The research team of the joint project ZoKrateS makes the energy of hot rock layers accessible through hydraulic stimulation.
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27.01.2022 Mission Heat Transition 2045, Mission Transfer News
Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22: Jury Announced
16 renowned experts from science and practice evaluate seven out of ten disciplines of theHigher Education Competition for Sustainable Urban Building.
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20.01.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights
The role of bioenergy in the energy system
Bioenergy has a special role to play among renewable energy sources. To achieve this, it must be able to fit flexibly into a complex energy system.
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18.01.2022 Mission Energy System 2045, Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Energy efficiency at universities through intracting
The research project is transferring the intracting funding model tested in municipalities to the special conditions that exist at universities.
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06.01.2022 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Building refurbishment with exterior wall heating
For this fundamentally new heating concept, a minimally invasive refurbishment system is combined with the low-exergy heating principle.
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06.01.2022 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Mobile measuring and analysis system for heat exchangers
The researchers in this project are developing correction algorithms for clamp-on flow measurement and clamp-on temperature measurement.
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05.01.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Floating offshore wind turbine in a field test
Teams of scientists from France and Germany are analysing measurement data from a floating wind turbine in a joint research project.
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04.01.2022 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
These Ventilation Concepts Reduce Aerosols and Save Energy
First interim results: A research team is investigating how higher indoor air hygiene in buildings can be achieved in the most energy-efficient way.
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20.12.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045, Mission Transfer News
A Climate-Neutral Container Terminal Is Being Built in the Port of Duisburg
On a former coal island in the inland port of Duisburg, hydrogen-based energy is to be generated and stored in the future, among other things.
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17.12.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Generating power with biogenic waste
How can bio-waste be used for energy on site? Researchers developed a mini combined heat and power generation concept with a Stirling engine.
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15.12.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights
Geothermal and solar collectors complement each other as heat sources
Geothermal collectors and solar collectors can be combined as bivalent heat sources for heat pumps. This promises some advantages.
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15.12.2021 Mission Energy System 2045 Project Insights
New school building with low-exergy heating concept and electricity load management
The new building for Willibald Gluck Secondary School in Neumarkt in Upper Palatinate, Germany, has provided a new learning and living space.
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08.12.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News
Repowering for offshore wind turbines
Scientists want to expand offshore repowering and use existing foundations for this purpose.
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