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Project insights: Research for the energy transition

Plättchen aus Aluminium, auf welches mit einem Femtosekundenlaser der Schriftzug © Fraunhofer HHI & FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Project LOReley

Releasing hydrogen more dynamically with a plate reactor

Wasserstoff an eine Flüssigkeit binden und ihn bei Bedarf wieder freisetzen: Darum geht es bei der LOHC-Technologie und im Forschungsprojekt LOReley.

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ZSW researcher manufacturing perovskite solar cells. © ZSW
Photovoltaics

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).

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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. © GKM AG
Launch of the Living Lab of the Energy Transition GWP

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.

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In SmartQuart, different neighborhoods are digitally linked to each other. ©ekaphon - stock.adobe.com
Living Labs for the Energy Transition

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.

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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. ©Solvis Gmbh
PVT collectors combined with heat pumps

Generating Electricity and Heat More Efficiently with Solar Energy

Photovoltaic thermal systems can generate electricity and heat with solar energy.

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symbolic image © FotoCuisinette/iStock/thinkstock
Interaction of buildings with electricity and heat grids

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.

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Here you can see a partial segment of the test track encased in a mudguard on which the newly developed tube liners were tested. ©SWN
Hose Liner Inserted into Pipe System

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.

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Scanning electron microscope image of a solar cell front contact with a triangular cross-sectional area, printed with LIDE-structured glass foil stencil. © Lorenz et al., Proc. WCPEC-8, Mailand (2022)
Photovoltaics

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.

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The historic Margarethenhöhe workers' housing estate in Essen in an aerial view from the southeast (2009). © Wikipedia, Gemeinfrei
Innovations in the historic city quarter

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.

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