In addition to a tour of the research facilities, discussions focused on future technologies.
One example is solar-powered high-temperature electrolysis.
Personal encounters after the years of hardship caused by the pandemic are indispensable in human terms, also and especially in science.
Recently, researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) from Japan visited us in Jülich, who have been in digital exchange with the solar production process assessment group for years as part of a cooperation agreement. Nathalie Monnerie, Timo Roeder, Kadohiro Yasuki and Kai Risthaus welcomed the guests.
Tour of the solar tower
During a guided tour of the various technical levels of the solar tower, the AIST guests were able to gain an impression of the research facility.
The focus was on discussions about important future technologies such as solar-powered high-temperature electrolysis for the production of hydrogen and about possible joint projects. Above all, the impressions of DLR's research facilities in Jülich - the two Solar Towers and Synlight, the largest artificial sun in the world - created a special and personal climate for scientific exchange.
Bagarinao Katherine and Tanaka Yohei from the AIST Hydrogen Production and Storage Team had previously visited the DLR Institute of Technical Thermodynamics (TT) in Stuttgart. Here, too, the foundations were laid for future exchange between DLR and AIST as well as joint projects.
We would like to express our sincere thanks for the personal and productive visit!
View from the research level
From the 6th floor of the solar tower, a view of the mirror field with over 2000 heliostats opens up.
