Research Projects

Project in the Business Area: Power Electronics, Grids and Smart Systems, Topic: Power Converter Systems, Duration: 1/2020 - 11/2022

For the energy transition to be successful, significant amounts of renewable energy capacity must be added in Germany alone by 2045. In the field of photovoltaic systems alone, the planned expansion figures will require enormous resources, not only in Germany. Achieving these goals will require very large quantities of valuable resources such as aluminum, copper, and steel. The resulting demand will lead to shortages and thus cost increases, so that the relative cost share of material-intensive components will increase significantly, leading to a change in the cost structure of PV power plants and the associated inverters. This is exactly where the project comes in. | Duration: 03/2025 - 02/2028

One prerequisite for achieving climate neutrality by 2045 is the rapid expansion of heat pumps in the building sector. According to the German government's heat pump campaign, the total number of heat pumps is set to increase from around 2 million at present to over six million by 2030. The “InnoWP” project addresses key challenges for this market ramp-up in the areas of power electronics and semiconductors for the entire performance range of heat pumps in residential buildings, from new single-family homes to larger existing multi-family buildings. | Duration: 04/2024 - 03/2027

Project in the Business Areas: Photovoltaics, Hydrogen Technologies and Electrical Energy Storage Topics: Photovoltaic Modules and Power Plants, Applied Storage Systems Fields of Work: PV for Mobility, Module Technology, Duration: 07/2019 - 06/2022

Project in the Business area: Power Electronics, Grids and Smart Systems, Accredited Laboratories, Topic: Power Converter Systems, TestLab Power Electronics, Duration: 03/2020 - 02/2023

In the energy system of the future, which will largely be built without the synchronous generators in conventional power plants that form the grid today, grid-forming inverters will not only keep the grid stable during normal operation, but also in the event of major disruptions. There is still a need for research and development, particularly with regard to the necessary adaptation of hardware and software as well as the loads that will occur on the devices in the future. | Duration: 01/2023 - 06/2026

Project in the Business Area: Power Electronics, Grids and Smart Systems, Topic: Power Converter Systems, Duration: 05/2017 - 07/2020