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New opportunities for CIGS solar cells
Experts predict higher efficiencies and lean production technologies:
More than 90 participants from industry and academia from Europe, Asia and USA exchanged latest results in the field of CIGS solar cells, during the “IW-CIGSTech 6” organised by PVcomB at HZB in Berlin-Adlershof…
EU funding strengthens solar cell research at HZB
The aim is to push the performance of solar cells towards 25 % conversion efficiency:
Marcus Bär and his team are participating in two international projects being funded under the EU Horizon 2020 research programme. Both research projects are concerned with development and optimisation of…
Adlershof at the 21. International Energy and Environment Fair and Conference ICCI in Istanbul
6.-8. May 2015:
The Science and Technology Park Adlershof has become an important partner for Turkish companies and research institutions in the field of renewable energies. It has been exhibiting at the International Energy and…
BESSY II changes over to solid state RF amplifiers
Advantages: improved beam quality and need-based energy consumption:
BESSY II storage ring has four cavity resonators that are excited with high-power oscillating electromagnetic fields to compensate for the energy lost by the electron beam. Four Klystrons, as they are called (large…
Adlershof Special 39
Paving the way for future energies:
Solar at full steam ahead! // Baiting with aha effects // Air conditioning systems of the future //
Visible, tangible, understandable
Editorial by Hermann Falk, Management director German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE):
If we want to stop global warming effectively, we’ll need a completely renewable energy supply in the next twenty to thirty years at the latest. The challenges are huge. First, we must accelerate the energy transition…
Home for sunrise technologies
The Centre for Photovoltaics and Renewable Energies has made a name for itself as a think tank for the energy transition :
The architecture says it all: The glass facade of the Centre for Photovoltaics and Renewable Energies (ZPV) spots an array of solar modules that not only supply the building with electricity and give shade to the…
Solar at full steam ahead!
In Adlershof, companies and researchers boasting outstanding expertise have fought ahead in transforming the difficult solar energy field into a profitable business:
Technologies thrive on innovative ideas, not give-away prices. This is confirmed by the undiminished growth of Adlershof solar energy enterprises and the productive research work on campus. For example, the…
Let’s talk about ENERGY
We’re not only doers, we’re talkers too: about how we communicate location knowhow for the energy transition and demonstrate best practice:
What are the new legal regulations for the energy transition? How can I achieve energy efficiency? How can I save energy costs? Where can I find cooperation partners for my energy technologies? In order to answer…
Baiting with aha effects
Energy manager Simon Hamperl arises enthusiasm for energy efficiency in Adlershof:
Energy managers are active in many fields. At their companies, they analyse the energy supply from the supply contract to waste disposal. Simon Hamperl’s arena is considerably more extensive – 420 hectares, 1,000…
Flex package Adlershof
BTB’s thermal power station enhances the flexibility and stability of local heat and power generation:
“The major issues posed by the energy transition and grid stability are also the domain of BTB GmbH Berlin, which has been supplying this science location with electricity and heat for many years,” explained Johannes…
Air conditioning systems of the future
In matters of cooling, ventilation, or geothermal heat, Adlershof firms provide knowhow that has launched them to the top of their fields:
The indoor ski resort Ski Dubai is located in one of the hottest regions on the planet. Whereas outside the temperatures have been known to climb to 45 °C, inside, the 22,000 square metres of snow covered surface has…
Adlershof to network cold, heat, and regenerative electricity
Primary energy needs shall achieve a 30 percent cut by 2020 in spite of the growth:
About a thousand companies, sixteen research institutes, and nearly 22,000 people are working in Adlershof. The Technology and Science Park is growing – and with it the hunger for energy. Yet all this is to change…
Fast, efficient switching – thanks to HiPoSwitch
FBH’s novel GaN switches for power converters save primary energy consumption:
HiPoSwitch, an EU group-project, has successfully developed lightning-fast, high-efficiency gallium nitride power switches. These are essential for producing energy-efficient, compact, and light-weight power…
Adlershof Special 40
Tailormade materials for laserdiodes and microchips:
Micro technology, maxi success // High tech for eyes and back // Hydrogen surprise at BESSY //
Tool of the future
Editorial by Wenko Süptitz, Photonics Association Director of the SPECTARIS Industry Association:
Photonics has become permanently established as a key technology for innovative high tech products in fields like materials processing, medical engineering, and optical data communications. Scarcely entering the…
Fast and precise
Innovative diode lasers and LEDs are tapping into new potential for machine building, medical engineering, and other applications:
Since the nineties, laser and LED technology has been inconceivable without gallium nitride (GaN). This chemical substance provides the basis for white LEDs and the blue diode lasers, e.g. in Blu-Ray players. Yet this…
Micro technology, maxi success
Innovative companies are transforming Adlershof into a hot spot for microoptics and microsystems engineering:
Developed by PT Photonic Tools, the technology is unique in this form and defies any cursory explanation. Björn Wedel nevertheless manages to give an understandable comparison: “Basically, it’s a power cable with…
Laser technology for the world market
Adlershof Ferdinand-Braun-Institut has pooled its resources with the Chinese company Sino Nitride Semiconductor:
The potential is enormous: With a view to developing products based on German laser technology, the Adlershof Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH) has pooled its resources with…
Hightech for eyes and back
Medical engineering “Made in Adlershof”:
Where the eyes are concerned, the greatest caution is needed, for instance in the treatment of glaucoma that gradually restricts the field of vision. About one in ten sufferers lose their eyesight. By developing…