Iron as a reactive metal has enormous potential to boost the energy transition. The project Clean Circles teams up scientists from multiple disciplines to explore how the metal and its oxides can be used in a cycle as carbon-free chemical energy carrier to store wind and solar power.
Member of the Bundestag Till Mansmann visits Research Field E+E
July 25, 2024
Will metals complement hydrogen as the energy carrier of the future?
On Thursday, July 25, Till Mansmann (FDP), Member of the German Bundestag and Innovation Commissioner of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, visited innovative hydrogen projects from the Energy + Environment (E+E) research field on the Lichtwiese campus at TU Darmstadt.
MEUM: Exciting learning opportunity
July 24, 2024
Summer semester ends with a simulation of EU Decision-Making
Students from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Technical University of Darmstadt, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and various partner universities from the European university alliance FORTHEM, gathered at the end of the summer semester 2024 2024 to simulate the legislative processes of the European Union.
State Minister of Economic Affairs Mansoori visits TU Darmstadt
June 15, 2024
Iron as the key: innovative technology for the long-term storage of green energy
On 15 June 2024, the Hessian Minister of Economic Affairs, Kaweh Mansoori, visited the Clean Circles project at the Technical University of Darmstadt, in which researchers are investigating the use of iron as a CO2-free energy carrier and fuel. This innovative technology enables the safe and efficient storage of large amounts of energy and could revolutionise the use of existing coal-fired power plants.
Reactive Metals for the Energy Transition
February 02, 2024
Mini-Symposium of Research Area Reduction Processes
The second Mini-Symposium of Research Area 1 (Reduction Processes) will take place on 15 February 2024.
Save the date: MECRE Conference 2024
October 19, 2023
Clean Circles organizes conference on Metal-enabled Cycle of Renewable Energy (MECRE)
The 2nd International MECRE Conference will be held from 13–15 November 2024 in Darmstadt, Germany.
Iron and the industrial transformation
July 31, 2023
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 took place. The program featured an insightful talk from Dr. Peter Viebahn and Alexander Jülich, members of the “Sectors and Technologies” research unit at the Wuppertal Institute. Additionally, two presentations from young researchers reflected current advances within the Research Area 2.
Clean Circles is funded by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts.