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Adlershof Journal September/October 2010
"Where do you get the energy from?" Concepts for the green turnaround:
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY // COVER STORIES: Adlershof solar power plant / Ideas in the field of electromobility // NETWORKS: The new Berlin Solar Network // PEOPLE: Chemical engineer Tatjana Čukić // INQUIRED: Power and…
The future of energy. By Energy Economist Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert
What will the future of energy be like? Will we be living like our ancestors in the light of candles and travelling on horse drawn wagons, with no electricity or hot running water? Hardly that. As bleak as the…
Power and fuels from sunlight: When is the postfossil age due?
At present, fossil fuels still contribute over 80% of the power generated in Germany. In the process, too much carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, damaging the climate. A reversal has been tabled, but…
The indefatigable: Chemical engineer Tatjana Čukić positively hums with inexhaustible energy
Tatjana Čukić is a genuine live wire: a many faceted perpetuum mobile with a thirst for knowledge. And it only follows that her job centres on energy: the young Serbian works as a chemical engineer at Global Solar…
Solar cells with greater efficiency: So who needs ultrapure silicon?
Adlershof is a significant location for energy research – for instance, climate friendly power generation with solar cells. The price for photovoltaic power generation does not ultimately depend on the production…
Adlershof solar power plant: From testing ground for solar installations to respectable power supply
The new solar cells on the roof of Studio H were the crowning achievement: now numbering twenty one, the photovoltaic installations in Adlershof together generate far in excess of 1 MW of electric power under the…
Fuelling, version 2.0 – ideas in the field of electromobility
The era of crude oil as a fuel is coming to an end, and the demand is for alternatives with less impact on the environment and the climate. Accordingly, Adlershof companies are testing today their mobility concepts of…
Energy project in a glasshouse: Eco friendly CHP
What’s Adlershof doing with 2000 cubic metres of hot water? This isn’t bubbling from a hot spring, but is filling five gigantic heat reservoirs of the new Energy Centre in Adlershof. At its inauguration, the operator…
Lead free with lesswire: Lesswire develops radio modules for micro CHP plant and onboard internet
With innovative radio modules, the high tech company lesswire has banished cable clutter from our normal working days. This makes life easier and provides for new applications, from onboard internet in cars to the…
Research without limits: IRIS, an interdisciplinary integrative research institute, opens its doors
Perfectly structured semiconductor surfaces? No problem for physicists. Electrically conducting layers of macromolecules or isolated DNA? Chemists turf this out in excellent qualities. But how can the two be brought…
A little power for a lot of light: How Adlershof wants to get in on the LED boom
Insiders all agree that LEDs (light emitting diodes) will supersede the classical forms of lighting over the medium term. According to ZVEI, the central association for the German electrical and electronics industry,…
Strength in unity – the new Berlin Solar Network
The Berlin Solar Network first saw the light of day in July. The purpose of this association is not only to promote corporate cooperation, but also to demonstrate to political leaders the consequences of cuts in solar…
Live: LUMiCheck, LUMiSizer, LUMiReader
LUM presents new products and innovations during SEPAWA 2010:
L.U.M. GmbH, Berlin, welcomes all SEPAWA (European Detergents Conference and SEPAWA 2010, Fulda, GER, 13-15 Oct) congress attendants and visitors to present innovations in the fields of dispersion analysis and…
Trend-setter in emulsion characterization 2010
LUM’s scientific contributions to World Congress on Emulsions:
LUM GmbH Berlin, is actively contributing to the success of the 5th World Congress on Emulsions in Lyon, France, from 12-14 October 2010, by presenting latest results within the frame of one lecture and six…
Making the IAC2010 a global endeavour
Active Space Technologies joined the 61st International Astronautical Congress held in Prague, Czech Republic...:
...from the 27th September to the October 1st with its representatives from Portugal and Germany. As every year, the International Astronautical Federation together with the International Academy of Astronautics and…
Adlershof Special 15: Analytics
Searching for traces: Bioanalytics identifies materials // Global Business: Technology companies act international // The art of synthesis: The work of the analytical laboratory Witega // Tiny useful little things:…
A predestined location. By Head of BioTOP Dr. Kai Bindseil
Biotechnology is still a very young segment of high tech industry. Ever since the mid nineties, when at last there were clear and effective measures in Germany towards developing the biotech sector, Adlershof has…
Searching for traces: Bioanalytics identifies materials
Explosives in the travelling bag? Lead in the rubber duck? Hormones in the river water? Questions like these can be put to the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), for instance Professor Ulrich…
Global Business: Technology companies act international
The answer testified to his self assurance: “We integrate our technology basis specifically in partnerships,” replied Ulrich Reineke, head of 3B Pharmaceuticals (3BP), when asked to describe his company’s role in…
The art of synthesis: The work of the analytical laboratory Witega
Sometimes, explained Dr Andreas Rolfs, we are challenged by events on the other side of the world. When, for instance, baby food laced with melamine turned up in China, an affordable analytical standard for melamine…