News
October 2024 - Opening of the test environment |
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Ceremonial commissioning of the test environment on 28 October 2024. |
May 2024 - Official launch of the research and development project |
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September 2022 - Start of building construction |
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Start of structural work on the containerised facility. The planned steel platform will house some of the technical infrastructure such as coolers and transformers. |
August 2022 - Container delivery |
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Delivery of the containers for the fuel cell, electric motor and battery test field as well as the containers for the technical infrastructure and the control centre. |
July 2022 - Foundations completed |
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The foundations of the container system have been completed. |
June 2022 - CommissioningALAT |
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Air Liquide Advanced Technologies is commissioned as technology partner for the delivery of an aviation-relevant liquid hydrogen tank. |
October 2021 - Official ground-breaking ceremony |
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On 6 October 2021, Steffen Bilger (BMDV), Prof. Dr Karsten Lemmer (DLR), Prof. Dr André Thess (DLR), Dr Stefan Rudi (Project Management Jülich) and Tobias König (NOW GmbH) will kick off construction work on the BALIS project with a ground-breaking ceremony. |
Spring/Summer 2021 - Construction work on foundations |
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Construction work on the foundations is progressing. |
BALIS @ Hannovermesse 2021 |
July 2021 - Commissioning of the system partner |
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In July 2021, AVL is commissioned as a system partner for the implementation of the BALIS test infrastructure following a successful tender process. |
June 2021 - Location decision |
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After extensive evaluation and assessment of various location options, the Empfingen Innovation Campus was selected as the location for the BALIS test environment in June 2021 under the management of E2U GmbH. |
21 January 2021 - Project start |
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Project start on 21 January 2021 Commissioning of the first technology partners from February-May 2021: Commissioning of the technology partners Diehl Aerospace (avionics), PowerCell (fuel cell system), Compact Dynamics (electric motor) |