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Future Energy Systems

Future Energy Systems

The key research priority combines research from natural science, engineering, and economics in order to contribute to designing the future energy system. Activities span from fundamental research in chemistry, biology, and geology to applied research in chemical engineering, energy process engineering, computer science, mathematics, and economics. Strong research areas across faculties include photovoltaics and hydrogen systems, geothermal energy, e-mobility, advanced materials and processes, energy networks, as well as energy markets and energy system analysis. FAU’s activities are strengthened through close cooperation with research institutions such as the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE), The Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) or the Fraunhofer Institutes IIS and IISB. FAU jointly with various institutions in the metropolitan area of Nuremberg have established the interdisciplinary institution Energie Campus Nürnberg (EnCN), where researchers and partners from firms and politics develop solutions for the future energy system.

Research Focus Areas involved:

  • Energy markets and energy systems analysis (Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law – School of Business and Economics)
  • Power Electronics and Energy Technology (Faculty of Engineering)
  • Materials and Light-Matter-Interaction (Faculty of Sciences)
  • Climate & Resources (Faculty of Sciences)

Outstanding Activities

  • Cluster of Excellence Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM)
  • DFG CRC/TRR 154: Mathematical Modelling, Simulation and Optimization using the Example of Gas Networks
  • Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern)
  • Energy Research Center „Energy Campus Nuremberg“ (EnCN)
  • E-Drive Center
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB
  • Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy
  • ERC Advanced Grant: Prof. Patrik Schmuki (2013): Arrayed Single-Particle-in-a-Cavity Reactors for Highly Efficient and Selective Catalytic/Photocatalytic Energy Conversion
  • ERC Advanced Grant: Prof. Peter Wasserscheid (2010): Engineering of Supported Molten Salt Catalysts for Dehydrogenation Reactions and Hydrogen Production Technologies
  • ERC Consolidator Grant: Prof. Julien Bachmann (2015): „Solacylin“ (A preparative approach to geometric effects in innovative solar cell types based on a nanocylindrical structure)
  • Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize: Prof. Peter Wasserscheid (Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2006)
  • Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize: Prof. Wolfgang Peukert (Particle Technology, 2005)

Contact

Veronika Grimm

Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm

stellvertretende Sprecherin des Fachbereichs Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

School of Business, Economics and Society
Chair of Economics (Economic Theory)

  • Phone number: 09115302-95224
  • Email: veronika.grimm@fau.de
Dirk M. Guldi

Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Physical Chemistry I (Prof. Dr. Guldi)

  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-27340
  • Email: dirk.guldi@fau.de

 




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