Institute of Solar Research
The Institute of Solar Research develops concentrating solar systems for the generation of heat, power and fuel.
The Institute of Future Fuels starts the new year with a bigger team staff
Members of the department Solar Chemical Engineering and two large-scale facilities build the core of the new institute
A radiation test in the facility Synlight for the project INDIREF (2019)
Test of an indirect solar-heated reformer to produce methanol
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- The research field solar chemical engineering that used to belong to our institute is since January 1st part of the DLR Institute of Future Fuels.
- The staff from the corresponding division are the young institute’s core team.
- The large-scale facilities Solar Furnace and Solar Simulator in Cologne, as well as the Synlight facility in Juelich, will also be a part of the Institute of Future Fuels.
- Professor Christian Sattler, until now head of the Solar Chemical Engineering department in the Institute of Solar Research, has been leading the new institute as acting Director since its official foundation in July 2020.
The DLR-Institute of Future Fuels is dedicated to cover the tremendous research demand in this area even more intensely than it has been done before. In the world’s sunbelt new technologies are expected to make it possible to generate big amounts of fuels on the basis of renewable resources; appropriate transport routes will also provide industrial nations like Germany with those energy carriers. This vision is the base for the Institute’s mission to develop and upscale the required materials, components and procedures.
Synergies between Solar Research and Future Fuels
The Institutes of Solar Research and of Future Fuels are going work closely together in the future. More conjoint research projects like the currently ongoing PEGASUS-Project are in the planning. The testing facilities in Juelich and Cologne are going to be used by scientists of both institutes. We will also stay spatially connected with our colleagues at the Institute of Future Fuels as they will keep their office and laboratory work places in Cologne and Juelich.
We are looking forward to working together in our future projects and wish our colleagues at the Institute of Solar Research a happy new year 2021!
Participating DLR institutes and facilities
Contact
Elke Reuschenbach
Head of Communications
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute of Future Fuels
Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln-Porz
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 2203 601-4153