thyssenkrupp nucera and Fraunhofer IKTS open First SOEC Pilot Production Plant for Stacks for the Production of Green Hydrogen

30-May-2025 - thyssenkrupp nucera and Fraunhofer IKTS opened the first SOEC pilot production plant for electrolysis stacks on May 27 in Arnstadt, Thuringia, in the presence of high-ranking representatives from science, politics, and industry. The event was also attended by the Minister President of the State ...

A cooperation for greener batteries

Max Planck develops sodium-sulphur batteries together with the Australian-British battery manufacturer Gelion

16-May-2025 - Sodium-sulphur batteries could solve a problem of the energy transition: they are intended to store electricity from wind power and photovoltaics in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way. This is because wind and sun do not always provide energy when it is needed most. However, the ...

Electrical energy storage: BAM, HZB, and HU Berlin plan joint Berlin Battery Lab

The Berlin Battery Lab is open to industry partners from all over Germany and Europe

09-May-2025 - The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), and Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the Berlin Battery Lab. The lab will pool the expertise of the three institutions to ...

The EPO unveils the top 10 innovators of the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025

Prize recognises innovators under 30 who are tackling Global Challenges through groundbreaking science and technology

07-May-2025 - The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced the top 10 global innovators for the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025. These innovators, known as Tomorrow Shapers, are under 30 and have been recognised for their groundbreaking contributions to sustainability, healthcare, ...

Faster charging, longer lifespan

Next-generation battery breakthrough from POSTECH and KIER

23-Apr-2025 - As the demand continues to grow for batteries capable of ultra-fast charging and high energy density in various sectors—from electric vehicles to large-scale energy storage systems (ESS)—a joint research team from POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) and the Korea Institute of ...

Siemens to establish global AI Manufacturing Technologies R&D Center for Battery Production in Canada

Investment of CAD$150 million (ca. €97 million) over five years

08-Apr-2025 - Siemens will invest CAD$150 million (ca. €97 million) over five years to establish a Global AI Manufacturing Technologies Research and Development (R&D) Center for Battery Production in Canada. The new R&D center, located initially at Siemens Canada’s head office in Oakville, as well as in ...

Fraunhofer ISE Demonstrates Ultrafine Transport Layers for Electrolyzers

27-Feb-2025 - Proton exchange membranes (PEM) are one of the most promising technologies for the production of green hydrogen by electrolysis. To reduce the material and manufacturing costs for PEM electrolyzers, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE is researching scalable production ...

New methods for reliable evaluation of chemicals and pharmaceuticals

18 partners from eight countries are working on the introduction of innovative methods for evaluating safety and efficacy without animal testing

24-Feb-2025 - BioRegio STERN Management GmbH is a German partner in the European NAMWISE (New Approach Methodologies Within Integrated Safety & Efficacy evaluation of chemicals and pharmaceuticals) project, which is coordinated by the French Institut National de l’Environment Industriel et des Risques – ...

Sustainable recycling of battery raw materials

Analytik Jena participates in EU/Thuringia-funded “ZirKat” project

20-Feb-2025 - Analytik Jena is a partner in the ZirKat research project, which was launched by Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences. The ZirKat project, funded by the EU and the state of Thuringia, is part of a research project to recover raw materials from used lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP ...

BMBF project launched for fast industrial implementation of sodium-ion technology

From battery material development to the production of large-format cells: 21 partners from science and industry are pool their expertise

07-Feb-2025 - The project "Sodium-Ion-Battery Deutschland-Forschung - SIB:DE FORSCHUNG", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), aims to evaluate the suitability of sodium-ion battery technology (SIB) for the European energy and mobility transition to speed up industrial ...