Mega-battery storage at nuclear power plants to store surplus solar power
Old problem, new solutions: Every summer, the energy industry and climate change activists ask in unison “where to put excess solar power during the sunny months? Excess solar power refers to the electrical energy produced by photovoltaic systems but not used immediately. Since it is usually not possible to store […]
North Sea to become powerhouse for energy transition
Lower Saxony’s Minister President Stephan Weil sees great opportunities for the North Sea region in the energy transition. “The North Sea and the North Sea coast will become the powerhouse for the energy turnaround – this is true for the Netherlands and this is especially true for Germany,” the SPD […]
Euro emissions standard 7: Car countries press for renegotiations
The EU Commission wants to protect people and the environment even better from exhaust fumes by imposing stricter regulations on carmakers. However, there is cross-party resistance where the manufacturers are located. The car states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Lower Saxony fear considerable disadvantages for the German automotive industry as a […]
Seatwirl: Floating wind turbines with vertical axis #VIDEO
Hooray, here at last is another genuine greentech innovation – and a very special eye-catcher: the tinkerers at the Seatwirl company from Scandinavia are developing completely new types of wind turbines with a vertical axis. The Swedish-based company wants to build particularly smart and efficient offshore wind farms off the […]
Heat pumps boom at Viessmann
Crisis winners: The Hessian air conditioning technology company Viessmann increased its sales by 19 percent to around 4 billion euros last year. According to a statement on Wednesday, the key driver was dynamic growth in heat pumps, which are designed to replace conventional heating systems.
KIT: Fracking is probably also sustainable
Frowning in the greentech industry: Fracking for the extraction of domestic gas in deep rock strata is wrongly taboo in the view of an expert at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). “Modern fracking is absolutely justifiable in the current situation and should play a role in a rational energy […]
Fireworks sustainable: Thailand firecrackers with rice fireworks
As is generally known, fireworks are a divisive issue. In view of climate protection, waste problems, and fine dust and noise pollution, there is hardly anything positive to be said for fireworks. Remedy could Not only impressing, in addition still pollution free. A whopping 30,000 environmentally friendly fireworks light up […]
Greentech milestone: EU to produce more electricity from wind and solar than from gas in 2022
Goodbye gas-fired power generation? In fact, in 2022, the EU region produced more electricity from wind and sun than from gas – as a result, it was possible to reduce dependence on Russian gas as far as possible. In 2022, the EU region produced more electricity from wind and solar […]
Open Data project: Fresh fruit and vegetables via online map
Of course, you know the market in the square around the corner. And you usually even know when it takes place. But if you’re in a larger city and you’re traveling through other neighborhoods or visiting a city as a tourist, this knowledge won’t get you anywhere. The site “Wo-ist-Markt.de” […]
Recycled smartphone: Fairphone gets €49 million VC
An international consortium of impact investors, led by new shareholders Invest-NL, the ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund and existing shareholder Quadia with its Regenero Impact Fund, is investing €49 million in Fairphone, the Dutch sustainable smartphone company, in partnership with other existing shareholders DALHAP, DOEN Participaties and PDENH. The investment […]
Im Leitprojekt »H2 Giga« entwickeln Forschungseinrichtungen und Unternehmen die Massenproduktion leistungsstarker Elektrolyseure. Ziel ist, grünen Wasserstoff für Industrie und Schwerlastverkehr verfügbar zu machen. Elektrolyseure sind bisher teuer und handgefertigt. In PEP.IN entstand daher eine automatisierte Fertigungslinie, in der Roboter das Stacking der Zellkomponenten übernehmen. Kameras prüfen dabei die Qualität. Die […]
Photovoltaik der Zukunft: Als Hoffnungsträger für die nächste Generation Solarzellen gelten vor allem solche auf Basis von Perowskiten – eine Klasse kristalliner Halbleiter. Ihr großer Vorteil: „Die Bandlücke – also der Bereich des Lichts, der in elektrische Energie umgewandelt wird – lässt sich gezielt einstellen“, erklärt Professor Ulrich Paetzold vom Institut […]
Das Berliner Cleantech-Startup H2 Power ’n’ Heat hat seine jüngste Finanzierungsrunde über das Companisto Business Angel Netzwerk erfolgreich abgeschlossen. Mehr als eine Million Euro Kapital fließen in die Weiterentwicklung und Skalierung der patentierten Brennstoffzellentechnologie des Unternehmens. Das Interesse unter Business Angels war so groß, dass die Runde vorzeitig geschlossen wurde. […]
Das Kölner Startup alangu entwickelt eine KI-Lösung, die digitale Inhalte automatisch in Gebärdensprache übersetzt – für echte Barrierefreiheit im Netz. Das Startup hat über das Companisto Business Angel Netzwerk rund 400.000 Euro eingesammelt. Neben Companisto beteiligten sich mehrere Co-Investoren an der Finanzierungsrunde. Das Kapital dient der Weiterentwicklung der KI-basierten […]
Construction of an offshore converter platform and a high-voltage cable in the North Sea can begin. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) launched the offshore grid connection projects BorWin5 and BorWin epsilon, as the office announced. The necessary planning approval decision was issued on. A planning approval decision is […]
Fancy a 100-inch laptop for your rucksack? Are you familiar with the problem that the laptop screen is always far too small? This realisation has inspired the tech company Sightful to completely remove the screen from its innovative “Spacetop” notebook. “Spacetop” notebook without a screen – but with AR is […]
A portfolio of different cell chemistries will be coming in the next few months – Mercedes is also working on solid-state batteries: The Stuttgart car manufacturer Mercedes will offer battery systems with different performance levels in its model series in the future. There will be “a range spread for battery-electric […]
Apple is miles behind the competition when it comes to AI: 2024 is getting off to a difficult start for Apple: legal disputes are affecting the iPhone manufacturer, Microsoft is overtaking it as the most valuable company in the world, and they also seem to have missed the developments in […]
Cave stalactites can be a unique archive for researching historical climate fluctuations – this has been shown by a team from KIT and Heidelberg University with other partners. The researchers analyzed the isotopic composition of oxygen in the stalactite limestone of the small Devil’s Cave in Bavaria. For example, they […]