Fraunhofer Group for Energy Technologies and Climate Protection

The group is the platform for the strategic alignment of Fraunhofer energy research.

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      Our research areas

      Energy sources

      Development and characterization

      • Wind energy
      • Solar energy
      • Water energy
      • Geothermal energy

      Energy conversion

      Development, testing and inspection

      • Wind energy plants
      • Photovoltaic plants
      •  Converters (thermal, electrochemical and mechanical, biological)

      Energy storage

      Development, testing and analysis of storage systems

      •  Batteries
      • Thermal storage
      • Carbon capture and conversion technologies

      Energy distribution

      System analysis, development and simulation

      • Coupled energy infrastructures
      • Energy grids and energy neighborhoods
      • Power grids

      Energy utilization

      System analysis, development and simulation

      • Energy efficiency and industrial processes
      • System integration
      • Digitalzzation of the energy system
      • Economic, regulatory and technical evaluation

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      Group chairmen

      Hans-Martin Henning

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      Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Henning

      Group chairman

      Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
      Heidenhofstr. 2
      79110 Freiburg, Germany

      Andreas Reuter

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      Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Reuter

      Deputy group chairman

      Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES
      Am Seedeich 45
      27572 Bremerhaven, Germany