Archive

Mini symposium of Research Area Thermodynamic-mathematical Analysis on 24 July 2023

On 24 July 2023, the second Mini-Symposium of the Research Area Thermodynamic-mathematical Analysis will take place. The program features an insightful talk from Dr. Peter Viebahn and Alexander Jülich, members of the “Sectors and Technologies” research unit at the Wuppertal Institute. Additionally, there will be two presentations reflecting recent advancements from young researchers within the Research Area.

Publication in “Regional & Federal Studies”

With the national hydrogen strategy, the German government has defined an initial framework for the integration of hydrogen into the energy system. At the subnational level, most of the federal states have also adopted their own hydrogen strategies. Clean Circles researcher Lucas Flath and his colleagues investigated the coherence of these strategies. The results have now been published in the journal “Regional & Federal Studies”.

News expansion sets standards in performance and energy efficiency

On 11 July 2023, the TU Darmstadt officially inaugurated the new Lichtenberg II high-performance computer. Data from Clean Circles for calculating the CO2-free cycle for storing and transporting renewable energies to Europe in iron will also be analysed via the new Lichtenberg II system.

Beitrag in Durchblick N – Magazin für Nachhaltigkeit

In Ländern wie etwa Australien, Kanada oder Chile übersteigt das Erzeugungspotential erneuerbarer Energie den dortigen Bedarf. Wie kann dieser Überschuss gespeichert und in das energiehungrige Deutschland transportiert werden? In der neuen Ausgabe von Durchblick N fasst Prof. Dr. Michèle Knodt in verständlicher Sprache zusammen, woran die Wissenschaftler*innen im Projekt Clean Circles forschen.

Mini symposium of Research Area 4 (Socio-economic Modelling)

Clean Circles researchers together with speakers involved in the policy-making of green energy trade discussed the key debates around Germany's energy transition, the implementation of global energy partnerships and policy implications on 31 May 2023.

With workshop on current challenges of energy and climate policy

From 7 to 12 May 2023, the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “EU@School” of TU Darmstadt and Ben Gurion University of the Negev conducted a study trip with students from both universities. The programme also included a workshop on current EU challenges in energy and climate policy, as well as on the role of the EU-Israel relations.

Poster sessions, discussions, talks and teamwork

The annual Clean Circles retreat took place in Seeheim on 27–28 February 2023. During the retreat, the project leaders and their scientific staff were able to discuss the status of the project and its future.

Event in cooperation with the Collaborative Research Centres 1194 and Transregio 150

The first Clean Circles Datathon took place on 8 February 2023. The topic was how research data management according to the FAIR principles looks like in practice and how it can be implemented.

New publication in Energy Research and Social Science

Hydrogen is still a niche technology in Germany. Until now, the relatively young public debate on hydrogen policy has also hardly been polarised and conflict-ridden. Michèle Knodt from the Institute of Political Science at TU Darmstadt and colleagues from Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic) used a discourse network analysis to investigate how the composition of the actors, their positions and the general discourse structure in Germany have developed. The results were published in the journal Energy Research and Social Science.

At the Technical University of Darmstadt, the HIGHEST start-up platform promotes scientific ideas and accompanies them until the start-up is founded. In interviews, researchers from TU projects and start-ups have their say in the hr-iNFO Wirtschaft podcast. Clean Circles spokesperson Christian Hasse explains approaches to using the idea of “iron as an energy source” via a so-called retrofitting to make it ready for the market.