News from applied energy research

Photovoltaics

Sun Day: Global expansion of photovoltaics last year amounts to 140 gigawatts

Preliminary data shows that the global photovoltaics market has grown significantly – notwithstanding the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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Thermal power plants

Decentralised gas turbine plants support the energy transition

New technologies for small industrial gas turbines in the 8-megawatt class have successfully passed tests and achieved CHP efficiencies above 85 %.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Fighting Viruses with Air and Rays

Research in the field of buildings and districts is currently developing numerous solutions to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

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Bioenergy

Flexible power production through bioenergy plants

The power production of bioenergy plants such as biogas plants is aligned more closely with current demand through a bonus/malus system.

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Photovoltaics

NexWafe wins Fraunhofer Founder Award for pioneering photovoltaic technology

The start-up NexWafe has developed a novel method to produce silicon wafers. This has earned the company the Fraunhofer Founder Award 2020.

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Efficiency in buildings

Saving Energy with Intelligent Plug-and-Play Box

Consuming energy in the same place as it is produced has many advantages.

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Geothermal energy

GeotIS – geothermal information system supports planning

GeotIS provides companies and research institutions with a reliable database for assessing the feasibility of geothermal projects.

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Wind energy

Accelerated testing of rotor blade bearings

The BEAT6.1 large bearing test rig in Hamburg enables better knowledge of damage and damage progression on the highly loaded bearings.

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Photovoltaics

New laser contacting process for the production of solar cell contacts

The laser transfer and firing process was implemented for the first time on a fully automated system.

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