Solar Thermal Power & Clean Energy Technology
The team at Fraunhofer developed a single pass laser operation that can be added to current solar cell processes that quickly cuts openings in the backing for as many as one hundred thousand connections.
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Battery technology needs to have a very high ratio of energy to battery weight. So far batteries meeting this requirement are only in the research stage.
Read MoreThe Merkur Offshore wind farm will be one of Germany’s largest wind farms.
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The FVA nacelle makes it possible to test the electromechanical drive train of wind turbines in the multi-megawatt range under near-real-life conditions.
Read Moresonnen develops and produces the smart storage system “sonnenBatterie”.
Read MoreIn the EWeLiNE project, Fraunhofer and the German Weather Service have been working to develop better models for forecasting the generation of renewable electricity.
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Costs for residential battery energy storage in the UK remain too high. For storage to enter the mass market, suppliers have to innovate their customer propositions and business models.
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At the end of the 1970s, the building of the first solar thermal pilot plants with outputs of a few megawatts began in the USA and Europe.
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A fuel cell in the vehicle converts hydrogen into electricity which runs an electric motor. Only water vapor is emitted from the exhaust pipe.
Read MoreFor the first time point-contacted solar cells can be manufactured in series. Several million cells with significantly higher efficiency levels are already on the market.
Read MoreRechargeable lithium air batteries are a next-generation technology: Theoretically they might be much lighter and offer better performance than current lithium ion batteries.
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