News from applied energy research

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

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

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

The scientists in the REPA research project are working on uniform testing standards for flexible pipe connections in solar thermal power plants.

Teams of scientists are developing new semiconductors based on gallium nitride for the next generation of efficient photovoltaic inverters.

Raw material for the expansion of e-mobility: Teams of scientists are investigating how lithium can be extracted from thermal waters in Germany.

New powerful micro gas turbines with corrosion-resistant ceramic components enable turbine inlet temperatures of up to 1,400 degrees Celsius.

28.7 per cent efficiency is the new world record for a solar cell ready for series-production.

Researchers have developed a method with which silicon can be recovered from retired solar modules and recycled.