04.03.2013

Energy

Both short-term solutions and options for long-term technological as well as societal development are equally called upon to achieve the new goals of the German energy policy. Research on new long-term perspectives for the energy sector must be accelerated. This process needs to reduce the use of fossil fuels, phase out nuclear energy and restructure the energy supply on the basis of renewable energies.

To achieve this target basic research must be funded. However, one must consider that basic research and applied research are two sides of a coin, which have no value without the other. Successful funding must cover all elements of the innovation chain and consider the increasing multidisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity within the field of energy research. Therefore, basic research must include electrochemistry, solid state physics, light-matter interaction, simulations and material properties as well as the development of new methods and tools for process description and condition assessment.

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  Science supports Energiewende

  BMBF has launched the Dialogue Platform "Energiewende Rersearch Forum"in cooperation with high-ranking individuals from science, industry, society and the German ministeries. The platform aims to discuss prominant questions of the Energiewende from a scientific point of view and to aptimally pool scientific expertise. more
  
  
  
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  Aus dem Themenbereich Funding Measure

  Funding Initiative Energy Storage Systems

  The “Funding Initiative Energy Storage Systems” intends to accelerate the development of energy storage technologies in Germany, thus supporting the Federal Government’s ambitious goals for the future energy supply for Germany, as laid out in the energy concept of ... more
  (URL: /en/9982)
   
  
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  Aus dem Themenbereich Funding Measure

  Innovation Alliance Photovoltaics

  Within the context of the funding initiative, research and development into the following fields will be supported: 1. Innovative manufacturing and machining processes as well as compatible manufacturing concepts and appropriate cell and module architectures, which ... more
  (URL: /en/9986)
   
  

• Aus dem Themenbereich Call

  16.08.2011 - 28.10.2011

  BioProFi (translation will be available soon)
  

  Bioenergie kommt unter den erneuerbaren Energien ein besonderer Stellenwert zu, da mit ihr die Energieproduktion gezielt reguliert werden kann. Für Bioenergie ist daher eine geringere Speicherkapazität notwendig als für die fluktuierenden Energiequellen Sonne und Wind. ... more
  (URL: /en/10483)
   
  
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  Aus dem Themenbereich Funding Measure

  Wettbewerb Energieeffiziente Stadt

  Aufgabe ist es, durch die Einbindung aller lokalen Akteure innovative und systemorientierte Umsetzungskonzepte zu erarbeiten, mit denen die Energieeffizienz einer Stadt in vielen Bereichen gleichzeitig bedeutend gesteigert werden kann. Besonderes Augenmerk gilt dabei ... more
  (URL: /en/10037)
   
  
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