News from applied energy research

Low temperature replaces coal infrastructure

Living Lab in Former Coal-Mining Region: TransUrban Launches in NRW

Many district heating networks in North Rhine-Westphalia run at high temperatures of approx. 100 °C or higher.

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Solar thermal power plants

Why international standards for solar power plant components are important

Smooth power plant operation requires binding guidelines for the construction of mirrors or receivers.

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Funding

Energy research makes patents possible and brings innovations to the market

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Wind energy

Measuring rotor blades from a distance

An innovative measurement concept will in future support the servicing of wind turbines. This will also help to further optimise the plant design.

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Photovoltaics

NexWafe plans gigawatt factory in Bitterfeld

With its alternative wafer manufacturing process, the company aims to enter into mass production of photovoltaics in 2022.

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Photovoltaics, Wind energy

Recycling of offshore plants and photovoltaic modules

Wind turbines and photovoltaic modules have a limited lifetime. A number of projects are looking at how the components can be recycled.

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Wind energy

Fraunhofer IWES develops the world's largest network simulator

The new test rig enables science teams to test how powerful wind turbines can optimally supply power to the grid.

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Photovoltaics

Perovskite silicon tandem solar cell reaches new record

The newly developed photovoltaic cell made of silicon and perovskite crystals can convert 29.15 per cent of the incident light into power.

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Photovoltaics, Thermal power plants

New battery inverter successfully in use

The battery inverter by SMA are the result of a research project and are used worldwide for power storage.

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