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Energy-efficient, environmentally friendly manufacturing process for electrodes in lithium-polymer batteries

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Lithium-ion batteries have become an indispensable part of our everyday lives. Conventional solvent-based electrode production delivers very good results, but is characterized by high resource and energy consumption. Scientists at Fraunhofer ISIT are working on how production can be carried out more cost-effectively and in a more environmentally friendly manner, focusing …
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The Problem of Global Energy Inequity Explained Using American Refrigerators

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  • The average refrigerator in the U.S. uses more electricity in a year than the average person in dozens of countries. These massive energy inequalities, as well as the human suffering that results from energy shortages, must be considered before high-income countries make large-scale policy decisions for the rest of the world.
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DigIPlat develops basis for interaction of transnational energy platforms

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  • The main objective of the DigIPlat research project is to identify measures for the implementation, adaptation and knowledge transfer of standardized digital solutions for the interaction of transnational flexibility markets. Building on this, an international platform is to be developed on which the transnational flexibility markets can cooperate.
For more security of supply in the international energy market, the research project “Digital Solutions for the Interoperability of Flexibility Platforms (DigIPlat)” by the Ulm University of Applied Sciences (THU) together with partner institutions from the DACH region is developing basic principles for the interaction of transnational energy platforms. The energy …
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TU Vienna invents chemical heat storage

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Storing energy over the long term is probably the biggest unsolved problem of the energy transition so far. A new type of chemical heat storage system has now been invented at the Vienna University of Technology that can be used to store large amounts of energy in an environmentally friendly way …
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TH Köln develops energy harvesting for photovoltaic modules

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  • If technical equipment or processes generate unused energy such as waste heat or vibration, this can be converted into electricity by so-called energy harvesting systems. However, the technology for this is currently expensive and unreliable. The international FAST-SMART project is therefore developing low-cost and sustainable materials and systems for energy harvesting.

New study: Networked neighborhoods supply themselves with energy optimally and inexpensively

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A neighborhood-optimized approach to energy supply for neighborhoods offers many advantages over decentrally optimized supply structures at the building level. This is the result of the study “Modeling of sector-integrated energy supply in the neighborhood”. The study was prepared by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE on behalf of …
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Start-ups in Germany Lack the courage to take risks to keep up globally

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  • In Europe, the number of start-ups is on the rise. But in many cases, the mentality in this country prevents startups from realizing their full potential. Therefore, "transformation-oriented startups" are valuable. This refers to start-ups that want to help make society and the economy more sustainable. And at the same time are successful on the mass market. How the solar startup Enpal

10 million euros in funding to develop solutions for climate-neutral city

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The Mobility2Grid research campus is entering its second funding phase. In the period between 2022 and 2027, the network of a total of ten scientific and business partners will receive funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) totaling 10 million euros. The chairman of the research campus …

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