The CLEANTECH Initiative East Germany pools knowledge and ideas for future success. The IPM of the HSZG is at the start.
"We have built up a very good experimental infrastructure in the Zittau Power Plant Laboratory (ZKWL)," reports Torsten Klette, visibly proud. The ZKWL, which is located on the premises of Zittauer Stadtwerke, makes a significant contribution to teaching and research in the field of energy and the environment at our university. For example, the large-scale test facility THERESA (THERmische EnergieSpeicherAnlage) is located there, which is used to research solutions for innovative energy storage.
Application-oriented research is a high priority for the head of the Zittau power plant laboratory:
The CLEANTECH Initiative Ostdeutschland (CIO ) promotes this exchange. It connects business, science and research as well as trade associations and institutions in the clean tech sector across industries and national borders in an active network. It focuses its work in thematic working groups. One of these is the Energy Storage Working Group.
Today, energy storage is the decisive factor in the successful use of renewable energies. Energy from wind and sun is not available on demand. To ensure grid stability, the energy must be stored. The implementation of innovative energy storage technologies is a key success factor for the energy transition in Germany. Torsten Klette and the Institute of Process Technology, Process Automation and Metrology (IPM) are involved in the CIO's Energy Storage Working Group. The experts from industry and science meet several times a year to discuss technical issues. The focus is on how research can provide targeted support for the challenges facing industry. And that is of course very much in Klette's interests!
Cleantech is not just environmental protection, but a cross-sector growth market that encompasses a wide variety of technologies, products, processes and services. From wastewater treatment to plastics recycling, from plant construction to the supply industry - in view of increasingly scarce and expensive resources, every sector needs products and processes that are characterized by energy efficiency, resource conservation and environmental compatibility. The term cleantech combines these "clean" technologies. (source)
In a recently released video, Torsten Klette and Peter Gebhardt, Key Account Manager Heating/AWHP, LG ELECTRONICS Deutschland GmbH, talk about their involvement in the Energy Storage Working Group:
