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Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy

The Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) investigates and develops material- and process-based solutions for a climate-neutral, sustainable, and cost-effective utilization of renewable energies. The institute works on the structural and functional characterization, modeling, and processing of materials relevant to hydrogen and solar technology. The common goal is the understanding of structure-performance-process relationship on the mesoscale.

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Strong partners for emission-free mobility: Siemens Mobility hands over fuel cell to Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for research purposes

An innovative research project to decarbonize rail transport is receiving support from industry: Albrecht Neumann, CEO Rolling Stock, handed over a fuel cell for research purposes to the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) on behalf of Siemens Mobility.

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HGF Innovation Pool Project "Solar Hydrogen - Highly Pure and Compressed"

The project aims to provide essential scientific knowledge and viable technologies for the conversion of solar energy into hydrogen with the highest possible value for a sustainable energy system. Researchers from the participating Helmholtz centers met for this purpose at HI ERN to share their latest results.

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Top Ten: "Dynamics of Backsheet-driven Insulation Issues" paper awarded at SiliconPV conference

Out of a total of 145 submitted contributions, the paper was awarded as one of the ten best at this year's SiliconPV conference. In their paper, the authors analyze the degradation of backsheet films of photovoltaic modules. The researchers' findings make it clear that there are measurable characteristics for early detection of the onset of degradation.

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Study for a better future with Clean Energy Processes

The energy transition is one of the great challenges of our time: Where will energy come from in the future? And how can it be stored and used efficiently in a sustainable chemical industry? These are the questions being addressed by FAU's Clean Energy Processes program. The focus is on sustainable production as well as the distribution and use of renewable energies for industry - always taking into account socio-economic, ecological and legal factors. Students benefit from a research-strong, interdisciplinary approach as well as FAU's close ties to HI ERN.

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Catalyst concepts for the global energy transition: Helmholtz Association funds newly established Young Investigators Group

A total of ten excellent young scientists have been selected by the Helmholtz Association to establish their own research groups on their topics. Over a period of five years, the Young Investigator Groups will receive a total of at least 1.5 million euros in funding for this purpose. At the HI ERN Prof. Marc Ledendecker will establish the Helmholtz Young Investigators Group "Design of New Catalysts".

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Fast and flexible solar energy from the printer

Lighter, more flexible and adaptable – the innovation platform Solar TAP develops innovative solutions for photovoltaic applications. The aim is to make surfaces already used in agriculture, the building sector and transport additionally usable for the expansion of solar energy with printed solar cells.

UPCOMING Events

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21. Juni 2023

Lecture | Hydrogen and Mobility: Trains

In the lecture series "#FAUinsights: Big Topics of the Future Intensively Illuminated. Hydrogen meets business - research meets practice" of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Energie Campus Nürnberg (EnCN), renowned experts from science and business discuss the latest developments from areas that are already shaping life today and will continue to do so in the future.