Interviews with researchers

Claudia Buerhop-Lutz Mission Electricity Transition 2045

Collecting data on solar plants: How new evaluation methods and AI help to increase their yields

Dr Claudia Buerhop-Lutz explains why collecting and evaluating large amounts of data from photovoltaic systems plays an essential role in dig4morE.

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Torsten Schlurmann Mission Electricity Transition 2045

Control over the tides

Large Wave Flume: Professor Torsten Schlurmann, head of the marTech joint project, reports on the project work.

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Christian Odenthal Mission Electricity Transition 2045

Liquid salt storage with heat-storing bricks

Bringing down the costs of liquid salt storage – that is the overarching goal of the European research project Newcline.

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Aljoscha Sander Mission Electricity Transition 2045

"That was the jackpot for us"

In this interview, Aljoscha Sander explains how his colleague and he managed to bring their business idea to market.

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Patrick Hilger Mission Electricity Transition 2045

World’s first industrial demonstration installation for solar kerosene

In Jülich construction work starts on the world’s first industrial demonstration installation for kerosene produced using solar energy.

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Jan-Bleicke Eggers Mission Electricity Transition 2045

A look behind the photovoltaic facade

The aim of the Standard BIPV-project: to optimise the planning and construction process of solar energy plants by using standardised components.

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Fabian Jung Mission Electricity Transition 2045

The future belongs to high-temperature stable turbine materials

Fabian Jung explains the challenges that have to be overcome in materials development, for example within the 3DOxOxTurbine research project.

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Jana Stengler Mission Electricity Transition 2045

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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Fritz Reusswig Mission Electricity Transition 2045

Populism and energy transition: Strengthening democratic discourse culture

In the interview, Dr Fritz Reusswig talks about local protest initiatives, strengthening local authorities and mobilising the silent majority.

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