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skytron® energy chosen for 9 PV plants in Southeast Asia
55 MWp equipped with leading German supervision and monitoring technology:
skytron energy now provides monitoring and supervision for nine solar PV power plants in Thailand with a total of 55MWp of installed power. The most recently added six plants in Central Thailand have a capacity of…
Filming microscopic and macroscopic changes within materials
The EDDI beamline at BESSY II is now offering even more options:
It has recently become possible to also obtain high-resolution three-dimensional images of microscopic structure with it, up to four such tomographies per second are possible. X-ray diffraction (energy-dispersive…
Adlershof Special 43
Start-up county:
Start-ups on the fast lane // Rocket meets Adlershof // Collaborative innovation //
Start-ups in Berlin – Hype or spearhead of a German Silicon Valley?
Editorial by Alexander von Falkenberg, Managing director High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH:
For some years now, Berlin has been enjoying an impressive boom. In the wake of Germany’s Federal Government, associations, law firms, and established companies have been relocating to the city. Legions of skilled…
Rocket-Ventures meets Adlershof
Berlin is a start-up capital, and now home to over 1,200 of these new companies. This boom is boosted by the trendy scene in Berlin’s city centre. And right in the lead: Rocket Internet. This incubator has set up a…
Digital win-win
Axel Springer Plug and Play promotes sophisticated start-ups:
...like the Adlershof company Phizzard. This has developed a touchscreen solution that customers in shops can use to find clothing quickly in their size. CEO Peer Hohn and Ulrich Schmitz, Managing Director of Axel…
Start-ups in Adlershof
Adlershof provides the perfect location for high tech start-ups with long term plans for sustainable growth:
The greater the precision achieved in the manufacture of aerofoil surfaces, the less turbulence they generate, and the less fuel they need. The optical instrumentation produced by the Berlin start-up 5micron can…
Collaborative innovation
Leading digital – Event brought together high ranking corporate representatives and start-ups in Adlershof:
Disruptions is about innovations and technologies that have the power to shake up entire industrial sectors. According to experts, the automotive and automotive supply industry are most affected. The series of events…
Award for doctoral research on high-precision measurement of magnetic moment of proton
Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH present joint doctoral candidate award:
For the second time, Pfeiffer Vacuum and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research) have jointly presented a doctoral candidate award. The recipient is Dr. Andreas…
Diagnosis within only 75 minutes
SCIENION and Greiner Bio-One develop rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases:
SCIENION AG, a leading provider of ultra-low volume precision liquid handling systems, and Greiner Bio-One, a leading manufacturer of synthetic materials for health services and a pioneer of new medical technology,…
BESSY II electron highway gets second lane
Enhanced capacities for the user community at Adlershof's particle accelerator:
The particle accelerator team at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has demonstrated that BESSY II, the 3rd generation synchrotron radiation source in Berlin, can be operated with not just one, but two simultaneous…
Atos to acquire Unify from Gores and Siemens
Expected in the first quarter 2016:
Atos, The Gores Group and Siemens have reached an agreement for Atos to acquire Unify, the number three world leader of integrated communication solutions. With this acquisition Atos intends to create a unique…
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin expands its solar fuel research
New Helmholtz Young Investigator Group was granted:
Dr. Kathrin Maria Aziz-Lange has won approval to set up a Helmholtz Young Investigator Group (YIG) addressing the topic of solar fuels at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB). She will receive 250,000 Euros in annual…
Shutdown at BESSY II
An extremely productive break at the Adlershof electron storage ring:
From the end of October to the middle of January, no electrons will circulate in the synchrotron ring BESSY II. “We shut down BESSY II at the beginning of the last October week, as planned,” says Dr. Christian Jung,…
Lumics offers turn-key solution for diode laser modules
New proprietary driver board simplifies design and production on customers’ site:
Lumics GmbH, Berlin, makes again a significant step towards providing complete state-of-the-art solutions by developing a proprietary diode laser driving board which is highly optimized for the Lumics LuOcean™ „Mini“…
Tandem solar cell achieves record efficiency
Combination of perovskite and silicon makes solar cells cheaper and more efficient:
Teams from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, have been the first to successfully combine a silicon heterojunction solar cell with a perovskite solar cell…
Greek island of Tilos becomes flagship for clean energy
Younicos' smart battery enables 80 Percent renewables:
A study by energy storage pioneer Younicos has found that the Greek island of Tilos could push the share of renewables in its energy mix beyond 80 percent by installing an intelligent battery. The island would thus…
Würth Elektronik eiSos opens Competence Center Berlin
Vibrant research environment:
Würth Elektronik eiSos GmbH & Co. KG opened its new Competence Center Berlin on 23 October 2015, marking a further milestone of the company’s expansion strategy. The Competence Center Berlin will primarily be a hub…
Energy exchange in highly ionized nanoparticles
MBI scientists observe correlated electronic decay in the near-infrared regime:
Excited atoms often decay via the emission of radiation, a process that is known as fluorescence. A different scenario can emerge when an excited atom is surrounded by other excited atoms, ions and electrons. Such…
Total pressure measurement equipment from Pfeiffer Vacuum expands to include a new addition
From ultra-high vacuum to the overpressure range:
Many vacuum applications only operate in a certain pressure range. In order to operate vacuum systems with high precision, the total pressure must be measured reliably. For this purpose, Pfeiffer Vacuum offers a…