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Aktuelle Meldungen 2023

Impressions from the hydrogen fair

Wednesday, 23 August 2023

The solar production of hydrogen, solely from solar energy and water. The thermochemical process we presented at this year's Düren District Hydrogen Fair in Jülich makes use of this simple formula.

Exhibit Solar Fuels at the hydrogen fair of the district Düren

Tuesday, 15 August 2023

Once again this year, companies and research institutions from the region will be presenting themselves at the hydrogen fair of the Düren district in Jülich. We will be on site with our Solar Fuels exhibit and look forward to engaging in scientific and personal exchange with you about the fuel production of tomorrow. We are looking forward to your visit!

Institute of Future Fuels at the Night of Technology

Tuesday, 20 June 2023

With our exhibit "Solar Fuels", we were able to give interested visitors an understanding of our research projects and technologies for solar fuel generation at this year's Night of Technology, in the Feierabendhaus of the Chemical Park Knapsack. Researchers from our institute answered questions and exchanged ideas with other exhibitors such as the TH Köln or the VDI until late into the night.

Live Podcast: From Earth to Space - Future Fuels

Thursday, 15 June 2023

What fuels will we use tomorrow? What is behind terms like "solar fuels" or "alternative fuels"? How do they move us forward in terms of environmental protection and sustainability? And what are the currently most important tasks and findings from research? In a live podcast at this year's Hannover Messe, leading researchers from the Institutes of Future Fuels and Combustion Technology talked about the topic in detail. The recording is now available to listen to as a new podcast episode in the series "From Earth to Space".

SESAM project on the home straight

Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Can I produce nitrogen by combining solar heat and air? Yes, you can! We have successfully demonstrated the production of high purity nitrogen by combining a pressure swing adsorption and a solar thermochemical cycle. After just over three years, the SESAM project is coming to an end. The aim of the project was to research solar fertiliser, starting from the production of nitrogen. We now explain the principle of air separation in a new explanatory video!

Exhibit Solar Fuels at the Hannover Messe

Friday, 14 April 2023

CO2-neutral fuels of the future - in view of the impending climate catastrophe, they are currently of greater concern to society and research than ever before. With the new, interactive and exciting exhibit "Solar Fuels", we are represented this year at the DLR stand at the Hannover Messe and cordially invite you to exchange ideas with us about the latest state of research.

Dmitrij Laaber in the DLR FORSCHtellungsgespräch Podcast

Tuesday, 11 April 2023

Our scientific colleague Dr. Dmitrij Laaber is the technical master of the Synlight in Jülich, the largest artificial sun in the world. In the current podcast "DLR FORSCHtellungsgespräch" he tells us how he came to this exciting position and what culture and creativity have to do with research.

Visit by AIST researchers from Japan

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Personal encounters after the years of hardship caused by the pandemic are indispensable in human terms, also and especially in science. Recently, researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) from Japan visited us in Jülich, who have been in digital exchange with the solar production process assessment group for years as part of a cooperation agreement.

Aktuelle Meldungen 2022

Launch of the 5th SFERA-III transnational access campaign

Friday, 16 December 2022

The 5th SFERA-III access campaign has opened. After submitting their projects, selected teams of researchers can once again gain free access to a total of 18 installations of 8 state-of-art research infrastructures in Concentrated Solar Thermal power in 6 countries.

Middle East and North Africa: huge potential for hydrogen and synthetic fuels from renewables

Wednesday, 7 December 2022

The German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Wuppertal Institute and the Institute for Future Energy and Material Flow Systems (IZES) have conducted a study to investigate the role that the Middle East and North Africa could play in supplying Germany and Europe with hydrogen and synthetic fuels from renewable resources. The results show that the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) has enormous potential and enables cost-effective production.

Christian Sattler receives the ASME Dedicated Service Award 2022

Friday, 18 November 2022

The Director of the Institute of Future Fuels and Divisional Director for Energy and Transport Prof. Christian Sattler has been a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) since 2006. With this award, the ASME recognises Sattler's many years of outstanding personal commitment in various offices and functions of the Society. In addition to organising major conferences, he served on the board of the Solar Energy Division for more than six years and now advises committees on renewable energy issues as an expert with the Clean Energy Technology Group (CETG).

DLR short study - Future maritime fuels and their possible import concepts

Global shipping: DLR study analyses prospects for hydrogen-based fuels

Monday, 14 November 2022

With a short study, our research group for the Evaluation of Solar Production Processes and the research group for Solar Chemical Process Development took a look at the use of synthetic fuels in global shipping. Conventional marine fuels such as heavy fuel oils and the high share of freight transport currently still cause problematically high carbon dioxide emissions. Synthetic fuels could make an important contribution to solving this problem. Under the title "Future maritime fuels and their possible import concepts", the study highlights various climate-neutral production processes of hydrogen, ammonia, methanol or liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC). However, storage, transport and the macroeconomic framework conditions for import to Germany and Europe are also part of the analysis. Finally, the study looks at practical applications on board a ship and the prospects for the technology in the maritime sector. The short study can be downloaded from the DLR portal.

DLR-Solarturm – Unternehmen Synhelion stellt solares Synthesegas her

Donnerstag, 18. August 2022

Der Multifokus-Solarturm des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Jülich war in den letzten Wochen Ort einer spannenden Aktion: Das Unternehmen Synhelion hat dort erstmals erfolgreich ein solarthermisches Verfahren für die Produktion von Synthesegas in größerem Maßstab getestet. Dazu nutzt es die Wärme der Sonne in einem speziellen Reaktor. Aus Synthesegas kann anschließend mit industriellen Standardprozessen flüssiger Treibstoff gewonnen werden. Die Schweizer Firma hat mit diesem Versuch auf der Großforschungsanlage des DLR einen wichtigen Meilenstein erreicht, um solare Treibstoffe in Zukunft auch in industriellem Maßstab herzustellen.

Hannover Messe: DLR presents technologies for decarbonisation in the energy, industrial and mobility sectors

Friday, 25 May 2022

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) will be presenting technologies, innovations and successful transfer and spin-off projects at Hannover Messe 2022. From 30 May to 2 June, at the 120-square-metre booth (Energy Solutions, Hall 13, D18), visitors will be able to gain an insight into DLR's research for a future climate-friendly energy supply system and for the decarbonisation of industrial processes and mobility.

Grüne Fraktionsspitze zu Besuch im DLR-Jülich

Donnerstag, 31. März 2022

Angehörige der Fraktionsspitzen von Bündnis90/Die Grünen in Bund und Ländern informierten sich am 31. März 2022 in Jülich über die aktuellen Forschungsthemen des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR). Die DLR-Bereichsvorstände Dr. Anke Pagels-Kerp und Prof. Dr. Christian Sattler gaben einen Einblick in zukunftsweisende Projekte aus den Bereichen erneuerbare Energien, Wasserstoff, Energiespeicher sowie der satellitengestützten Umweltbeobachtung.

New heat transfer fluid and pump test stand at DLR site in Cologne

Tuesday, 15. March 2022

In a newly constructed "Mobile Heat Transfer Fluid and Pump Test Stand" (MOPUW), DLR, in cooperation with industrial partners, is testing the functionality of the entire system up to temperatures of 480 degrees Celsius in continuous operation. According to the operating parameters, this is the hottest thermal oil system in the world. DLR’s industrial partners are the pump manufacturer Dickow, the plant manufacturer heat 11, the chemical company Wacker Chemie AG and TÜV NORD.

News 2021

Storing solar energy in sulphur - PEGASUS research project successfully completed

Thursday, 09 December 2021

Researchers from the DLR institutes of Future Fuels and Solar Research have worked with European research partners in the PEGASUS research project to further develop a cyclic process that can be used to store solar energy in sulphur. They have also investigated what adjustments are needed to enable gas turbines to use sulphur instead of fossil fuels to generate CO2-free electricity.

SUN-to-LIQUID project receives Energy Globe World Award

Monday, 15 November 2021

The SUN-to-LIQUID research project, which also involved researchers from the DLR Institute of Future Fuels, has received the 22nd Energy Globe World Award. The Austrian Energy Globe Foundation presents the award each year to projects that demonstrate solutions to environmental problems. The award was presented at a virtual event on November 8, 2021. SUN-to-LIQUID is one of three winning projects in the Fire category, which covers energy.

DLR-Wissenschaftler gründen Unternehmen zur Materialrecherche

Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2021

Die Suche nach geeigneten Materialien wird in Zukunft einfacher. Zwei Wissenschaftler des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) werden mit Unterstützung des DLR-Technologiemarketings und der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft eine eigene Firma gründen, die Kunden über eine Online-Datenbank die Suche nach passenden Materialien für ihre Anwendung erleichtert.

Study shows possible options for CO₂-based industrial processes in North Rhine-Westphalia

In cooperation with Uniper SE, the DLR Institute for Future Fuels has conducted a year-long study to determine what options exist for CO₂ utilization in NRW. Particular attention was paid to the region Rhenish lignite mining area, which is still strongly characterized by opencast lignite mining and which is facing particular challenges from structural change.

Dorottya Kriechbaumer ist Mentorin im GWNET Programm

Dienstag, 7. September 2021

Das Global Women's Network for the Energy Transition GWNET hat Dr. Dorottya Kriechbaumer aus dem Institut für Future Fuels als Mentorin ausgewählt. GWNET will Frauen im Energiesektor stärken. Es setzt sich dafür ein, das derzeitige Ungleichgewicht zwischen den Geschlechtern im Energiesektor zu beseitigen und geschlechtersensibles Handeln rund um die Energiewende in allen Teilen der Welt zu fördern.

Bundestagsabgeordneter Georg Kippels besucht das DLR in Jülich

Donnerstag, 13. August 2020

Der Bundestagsabgeordnete Dr. Georg Kippels (CDU) hat am Donnerstag, den 13. August 2020, den Standort Jülich des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) besucht. Im Rahmen einer "Zukunftstour", nutzte Georg Kippels die parlamentarische Sommerpause, um einen Einblick in die Forschung des DLR-Instituts für Solarforschung und des neu gegründeten DLR-Instituts für Future Fuels zu erhalten.

New DLR institutes will investigate solar-chemical fuels and the future of air transport

Friday, 03 July 2020

In the future, mobility needs to become more environmentally friendly – whether synthetic fuels from renewable sources, electricity or hydrogen, innovative and low-emission engines, unmanned and electric aircraft, or concepts for their integration into the air transport system. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is establishing four new institutes and facilities to intensify its research on a wide range of topics in these important areas.

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

Thursday, 7 January 2021

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 (FF). 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.

Aktuelle Meldungen 2020

Bundestagsabgeordneter Georg Kippels besucht das DLR in Jülich

Donnerstag, 13. August 2020

New DLR institutes will investigate solar-chemical fuels and the future of air transport

Friday, 03 July 2020