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Aktuelle Meldungen 2022

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