The symbol photo shows floating solar energy plants on a standing body of water.
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Photovoltaics
Practical test for floating solar energy plants

In the PV2Float research project, floating solar energy plants are tested and further developed.

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Funding
Funding format Real-world Laboratories of the Energy Transition to be continued on open-topic basis

Outlines for the new funding format "Real-world Laboratories of the Energy Transition" can now be submitted to Project Management Jülich.

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FINO 2 is located about 45 kilometres north of Rügen in the Baltic Sea.
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Wind power
Research on the FINO platforms in the North Sea and Baltic Sea

Teams of scientists from all disciplines can conduct research on the FINO platforms.

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The picture shows a scanning electron microscope image. Shown is a highly magnified view of a perovskite layer deposited on silicon, which was still produced with the thermal co-evaporation method
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Photovoltaics
Optimised coating process for tandem solar cells

In a newly launched research project, researchers want to improve the manufacturing equipment for coating silicon perovskite tandem solar cells.

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Furnace entrance with entering industrial solar wafer.
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Photovoltaics
Fire away for innovative solar cell contacting

In the FEUERDRACHE research project, contact burning processes were optimised to produce highly efficient silicon solar cells.

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Research platform in the immediate vicinity of a wind farm in the North Sea
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Wind power
FINO research platforms: Offshore laboratories in the North Sea and Baltic Sea

The FINO platforms provide important data and insights for the further expansion of offshore wind energy.

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Gas treatment plant of a biogas plant
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Bioenergy
Decentralised utilisation of biogas in mini-cogeneration plants

A local biogas network connects biogas plants. This enables operators to distribute their biogas and feed it into decentralised CHPs.

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Funding
Federal Energy Research Report 2021 published

Last year, the Federal Government funded 5,980 projects in the 7th Energy Research Programme.

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Solar panels at sunrise
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Photovoltaics
Sun Day: Global expansion of photovoltaics last year amounts to 140 gigawatts

Preliminary data shows that the global photovoltaics market has grown significantly - notwithstanding the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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