Energy storage as a success factor
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 at the Zittau Power Plant Laboratory (ZKWL),” reports Torsten Klette with visible pride. The ZKWL, located on the grounds of the Zittau Public Utilities, makes a significant contribution to teaching and research in the field of energy and the environment at our university. For example, it houses the THERESA (THERmal Energy Storage System) large-scale test facility, which is used to conduct research into solutions for innovative energy storage.
For the laboratory director of the Zittau Power Plant Laboratory, application-oriented research is a top priority:
"If we want to achieve the climate targets, we must not ignore reality and we need a direct exchange with industry, as the latter must ultimately implement the applications for the end customer."
”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 exchange expertise. The focus is on how research can provide targeted support for the challenges facing industry. And that, of course, is entirely in Klette's interests!
Cleantech is not just about environmental protection; it is a cross-sector growth market that encompasses a wide variety of technologies, products, processes, and services. From wastewater treatment to plastics recycling, from plant engineering to the supply industry—in light of increasingly scarce and expensive resources, every industry needs products and processes that are characterized by energy efficiency, resource conservation, and environmental sustainability. The term “cleantech” brings these “clean” technologies together. (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:
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