2/10/12
"China is an important partner for the German government. The range of environmental topics on which we cooperate bilaterally is impressive", said Federal Environment Minister Röttgen at a meeting with Chinese Environment Minister Zhou Shengxian in Berlin on 7 February 2012. The exchange on ...
2/9/12
Ceremony of first Clara Immerwahr Award on 10th February / Invitation to press conference with guided laboratory tour Dr. Kylie Vincent from Oxford University is the first winner of the Clara Immerwahr Award, conferred by the Berlin Cluster of Excellence UniCat. On 10th February 2012 the award ...
2/6/12
Germany is a leader in many of the areas focused on the transition from an oil-based to a biologically-oriented economy. This is particularly evident with the example of biogas. No other field can claim so many plants and facilities, in which bacteria produce organic material from the energy ...
1/30/12
Siemens wants to use “snapshots” of the power grid to help make it more stable. Power snapshots from smart meters by Siemens provide synchronous grid information with maximum precision from the low-voltage grid, data that can serve as a basis for analyzing these grids in cities and communities. ...
1/26/12
As one of Europe's leading research institutions, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) will continue to align its research work with key issues concerning environmental protection, mobility, energy supply and security in 2012. The focus is to link results ...
1/26/12
New direct steam generation principle co-developed by DLR is used in a parabolic trough collector The solar thermal power plant fed its full output of five megawatts into the grid for the first time on 25 January 2012. This power plant went into operation at the end of last year, and is the ...
1/23/12
Competition sends important signal For the third time, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Federation of German Industries (BD) have jointly awarded a prize for outstanding innovations in the field of climate and environmental ...
1/13/12
The available amount of fossil fuels is limited and their combustion in vehicle motors increases atmospheric CO2 levels. The generation of fuels from biomass as an alternative is on the rise. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Johannes A. Lercher and his team at the Technische Universitaet ...
1/5/12
The "Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2011" was won by a team comprising existing and former Fraunhofer researchers. Professor Karl Leo, Dr. Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth and Dr. Martin Pfeiffer were honored for their pioneering achievements in the field of organic electronics. When the concept was first ...
12/22/11
Future Technology for Solar Energy Recognised by German President's Award The research team working with Professor Karl Leo from the Dresden University of Technology was awarded the "German Future Prize - German President's Award for Technology and Innovation" (Zukunftspreis) on 14 December 2011 ...
