Renewables

The new landmark of Blomberg has a diameter of 12 meters, weighs 200 tons and is enthroned directly in front of the entrance to the Phoenix Contact company premises. The…

It has not become a whole wind turbine. But very few people have even seen the inside of a wind nacelle. And certainly nobody has a “wind tree” in their…

Long-term commitments are not their favorites. They are more the type for a quick boost in between. Collecting regeneratively, delivering with peak performance. Which is exactly right in this case,…

An innovative gem of the All Electric Society Park is the ice storage tank. But unlike the numerous other innovations, this centerpiece of the cold local heating network is invisible…

Anyone who wants to teach wind turbine generators their power-generating manners has to go right to the top from time to time to install or check that everything is in…

What actually happens to old wind turbine generators when they are dismantled? While self-proclaimed experts with a healthy half-knowledge claim that countless tons of hazardous waste are produced here, we…

It’s cold up here. Icy cold. An almost unreal atmosphere lies over the Valle di Lei. In the background, Pizzo Stella rises in the Oberhalbsteiner Alps. The pressure of 200…

Portugal produces more than half of its electricity from renewable energy sources. The southern European country achieves this considerable quota primarily with wind and hydropower. The power of the sun…

It’s impossible to get too close to the sun when the RWTH Aachen University and FH Aachen University’s solar-powered car starts moving. But the flirtation with the fire in the…

Lithium is the gold of the 21st century. The modern world demands its use on a massive scale, for example in large-volume batteries. How nice it would be if the…

The vision of an All Electric Society, in which fossil fuels are replaced by intelligently networked regenerative energy generation, cannot be realized without Chile. Chile is the world’s largest copper…

A cold day in May, near Paderborn – on-site visit to the field. In icy wind and hail, we take the opportunity to visit a project that is unique in…

With the growth of renewable energies, the limits of wind power plants are pushing further and further into regions that are not without their pitfalls in terms of climate. When…

When it gets too narrow for the solar power plants on land, they go out on the water. At least that’s the case near the Dutch town of Zwolle. Stable…

Until now, wind turbines have been considered a rock-solid affair. Anchored unshakably in the ground, the tower, the movable nacelle and the three rotor blades defy the forces of wind…