DLR - Institute of Solar Research

Institute of Solar Research

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Pitz-Paal
Co-Director Institute of Solar Research, Köln-Porz

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Hoffschmidt
Co-Director Institute of Solar Research, Köln-Porz

The Institute of Solar Research

of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Köln-Porz has further subdivisions in Stuttgart, Jülich and Almeria (Spain). On 1st of January 2011 it has been arisen from the DLR Institute of Thermodynamics as an independent institution. The institute is currently working on the development of concentrated solar systems for the generation of energy, heat and fuels. This contributes to a future sustainable energy supply based on renewable energies.

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13 June 2013: Retrospect to SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium and SFERA Summer School

Nearly 50 doctoral students from different european Research Institutes with focus on CSP took part in both events held in May on Hornberg castle in the black forrest. The participants presented the current status of their scientific work. And by that showed impressively the wide range of research in the five represented institutes.

6 June 2013: Always looking to the sky – DLR and CIEMAT commission a meteorological station for solar power plants

How much solar energy reaches a power plant? Is the Sun often obscured by dust or other atmospheric particles? Power station operators need a great deal of meteorological data before deciding on the location of a new power plant. Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the Spanish research centre, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) have just commissioned a meteorological research station at the Plataforma Solar de Almería site in southern Spain. Here, they are testing various methods and types of instrumentation.

23. Mai 2013: Ein Forschungs- und Testzentrum für Marokko

5. März 2013: NRW-Wissenschaftsministerin Schulze eröffnet neues Speicher-Kompetenzzentrum CeraStorE

23 January 2013: DLR test facility for direct steam generation now operational

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16. Sonnenkolloquium am 12. Juni 2013: CSP - Made in Germany

Das DLR Institut für Solarforschung lädt CSP-Experten und Interessierte aus Forschung, Industrie und Politik zum 16. DLR Sonnenkolloquium am 12. Juni 2013 erneut nach Köln ein. Themenschwerpunkt in diesem Jahr: CSP – Made in Germany.


16. Sonnenkolloquium am 12. Juni 2013: CSP - Made in Germany


TerraSAR-X image of DLR Experimental Solar Thermal Power Plant in Jülich


DESERTEC - The contribution of DLR


enerMENA

SFERA

Location Cologne

Location Jülich

Location Stuttgart

Location Almería (Spain)