Good news for sustainable climate protection on today's Global Wind Day: The cost of electricity from wind power keeps getting cheaper.
With a record efficiency of 47.6 per cent, scientists have reclaimed the title of the world's most efficient solar cell for Germany.
Scientists are researching liquid salt storage tanks for solar thermal power plants that are suitable for high temperatures until 620 degrees Celsius.
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and its partners in Portugal inaugurated one of the world's first parabolic trough plants operated with liquid salt.
The scientists in the REPA research project are working on uniform testing standards for flexible pipe connections in solar thermal power plants.
Teams of scientists are developing new semiconductors based on gallium nitride for the next generation of efficient photovoltaic inverters.
Raw material for the expansion of e-mobility: Teams of scientists are investigating how lithium can be extracted from thermal waters in Germany.
New powerful micro gas turbines with corrosion-resistant ceramic components enable turbine inlet temperatures of up to 1,400 degrees Celsius.
28.7 per cent efficiency is the new world record for a solar cell ready for series-production.