Energy

Energy networks and their operators, renewable energy and its producers, power plants and their technology

Solar Change

Solar Change

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…
Tiny houses under electricity

Tiny houses under electricity

They are gray, they are inconspicuous, they are everywhere – and when it comes to electricity, nothing works without them. There are around 600,000 transformer or local network stations in…
The Lords of Lightning

The Lords of Lightning

When these colleagues get going, local public utilities have to put in extra shifts. Trabtech’s lightning protection laboratory enjoys a legendary reputation and is home to countless developments that protect…
Icarus’ chariot

Icarus’ chariot

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…
Hot washed

Hot washed

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…
It does not work without Chile

It does not work without Chile

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…
Berries from Büren

Berries from Büren

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…
Special issue of the UPDATE

Special issue of the UPDATE

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…
Fitness for the water pipeline

Fitness for the water pipeline

Water is a foodstuff. When it comes out of the tap, it’s even very inexpensive, as it costs an average of just 0.2 cents per liter. But there is another…
Solar on wet feet

Solar on wet feet

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…
Energy on all levels

Energy on all levels

When walking through the plant, there is a constant crackling noise above. And the warnings are still ringing in our ears: Always take small steps. Do not raise your arms…
Power to Pressure

Power to Pressure

When the only compressed air energy storage and gas turbine power station in Europe went into operation in Huntorf, Germany, in 1978, an energy revolution towards renewables had not even…
What does INGO do?

What does INGO do?

INGO is small, rectangular and very red. And it is useful. Because renewable energies can be so exhausting. They make completely new demands on the finely balanced system of the power…
Nezzy – the Loch Geestland monster

Nezzy – the Loch Geestland monster

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…
Always nice and bright

Always nice and bright

The sun is shining when Christoph Werlitz opens the gates to the Menteroda solar park. It’s weather that’s appropriate for a visit to a plant that produces clean energy in…
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