The claim that PV modules require more energy for their production than they can ever generate has been disproved by science a while ago. With energy payback times (EPBT) of a few months or years depending on...
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Sina Herceg
Karl-Anders WeißSetting the Course till 2030 to Achieve a Climate-Neutral Energy System
There is hardly anyone in Germany who still opposes the consensus of the Paris climate agreement. It obilgates us to limit global warming to 2 or better still 1.5 degrees. A central element of this agreement is therefor...
Christoph Kost
A More Sustainable Economy Needs a Strong Solar Industry
In recent months, the current crisis centered on the corona virus has diverted attention from the more long-term climate crisis. But then the demand came from all over Europe to use government economic stimulus packages...
Andreas Bett
Paths to a Climate Neutral Energy System – The “No Nothing New” Scenario
To completely restructure an energy system, we as private individuals also have a role to play. That’s why we examined in one of the study’s scenarios the consequences of society’s unwillingness to...
Paths to a Climate-Neutral Energy System – the “counter-large-infrastructure scenario”
One of the scenarios in our study assumes that there will be massive resistance to the expansion of new infrastructures in the energy sector. What needs to happen by 2050 to reduce our CO2 emissions from transport...
Paths to a Climate-Neutral Energy System – the “We-save-more” Scenario
This scenario assumes that enough of us become so aware of climate change and the need for a climate-neutral energy system that we are prepared live more economically. What needs to happen by 2050 to reduce our CO2...
New Film Portrait of Fraunhofer ISE
In Fraunhofer ISE’s new film portrait, the two institute directors, Prof. Hans-Martin Henning and Dr. Andreas Bett, present an overview of the current work at the research institute.
Innovation 4E
Fraunhofer CSET: Research for the Energy Transition in Chile – Part 2
In the second part of the blog post about the Fraunhofer CSET in Santiago de Chile, we look at current research projects and present services offered for the Chilean market.
Frank Dinter
Marlene Steppeler