On April 15, 2023 with the shutdown of Germany‘s last three nuclear power plants, the era of nuclear power came to an end. In the last year of operation, nuclear power accounted for only 1.5 percent of net public...
Tag - Energy Transformation
Bruno Burger
The Heat Pump Ramp-up in Germany: What is Important Now
The topic of heat pumps is becoming a main focus of public interest. Thus, we have asked Dr. Marek Miara, expert for heat pump technology at Fraunhofer ISE, for an interview.
Marek Miara
Innovation 4E
Project „OVRTuere“: Let’s talk over voltage
Power grids are the backbone of our society and economy. That’s why their stability is a key issue in the transformation of our energy system from large-scale power plants to many decentralized plants. One...
Sebastian Kaiser
Sustainability of Power-to-H2 and Power-to-Liquid
Switching from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is the key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving the climate protection targets. Particularly renewable electricity has made great progress in...
André Sternberg
Are heat pumps able to deliver sufficiently high temperatures in the heating circuit?
Episode 2 of heat pumps in existing buildings: Why the maximum required temperature is not the decisive factor When discussing the possible use of heat pumps in existing buildings, the main counter-argument is the...
Setting 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...
Thermal Comfort for Electric Vehicles – Longer driving range for electric vehicles through optimized battery management
What is the ideal operating temperature for electric cars? At what temperature do they perform best? The participants of the European research project JOSPEL are addressing just these questions by assessing the...
Maximilian Bruch
Scientific Symposium on the Global Energy Transformation – Talks Videos Part 2
On November 11, 2016 at the Konzerthaus in Freiburg, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE honored Prof. Eicke R. Weber’s achievements at a scientific symposium on the global energy transformation. The...
