The Fraunhofer Energy Alliance is the portal to the research program and service offer of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in the fields of energy technology and energy industry.

In order to develop products for its customers which have particularly high investment security, future-orientation and competitive strength, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has pooled its competencies in the field of energy. More than 2,000 employees combine their expert knowledge at the Fraunhofer Energy Alliance, one of the largest energy research organizations in Europe.

Fields of research include digitization of the energy world, renewable energy sources, energy systems analyses and energy storage technologies as well as energy efficiency technologies and components for buildings, districts and cities.

With the specialized knowledge and expertise of the 19 member institutes, the Fraunhofer Energy Alliance offers comprehensive services from one source.

In order to be successful with innovative products and to acquire new markets, small and medium-sized enterprises as well as industry and the energy sector, are given access to a wide spectrum of research and development possibilities. The Fraunhofer Energy Alliance also provides this expertise in its function as a consultant to political and societal players and institutions.

All our activities focus on the objective of achieving sustainable, secure, economical and socially responsible energy supplies.

 

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News of Fraunhofer Energy Research

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E-world 2023

Six member institutes of the Fraunhofer Energy Alliance will showcase their range of services on 45 m² of booth space in Hall 5 I Booth 426. We are looking forward to getting in touch with you.

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Volta-X 2023

Five institutes of the Fraunhofer Energy Alliance presented their product developments and research servides at Volta-X. The international platform for the energy industry took place in Stuttgart from March 28th to 30th 2023.

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Fraunhofer Innovation Platform at Stellenbosch University

The Fraunhofer Energy Alliance is associated partner at FIP-WEF@SU in South Africa.

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Energy Turnaround Needs Acceptance

Fraunhofer IEE, IEG, ISE and ISI are partner institutions in the Kopernikus-Project Ariadne

Press Releases

 

Read Press Release I 8th of March, 2023

Green Gold: Torrefied Biomass to Replace Coal and Oil

In February, the Estonian-based startup New Standard Oil successfully commissioned their first industrial-scale prototype for drying and torrefaction of biogenic feedstock operating with superheated steam at atmospheric pressure...

 

Press Release I 22nd of February, 2023

Research Project: UrbanGroundHeat

It is warm underground. Accessing this energy source on a large scale to heat houses and apartments is the task of the new UrbanGroundHeat research project. Geothermal energy is CO2-free and can be easily tapped in many places in Germany, but has not yet been widely developed for legal and economic reasons...

 

Press Release I 13th of December, 2022

Advancing Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cell and Module Technology to Industrial Maturity

Stacking a solar cell made of perovskite material on top of a conventional sili-con solar cell enables a more effective use of the solar spectrum, compared to a pure silicon solar cell...

 

Events

Our members regularly present their research results at trade fairs, conferences, symposia and in workshops. Learn more about our activities...

 

Fraunhofer ENIQ

In keeping with the motto "Energy Intelligence powered by Fraunhofer", the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft offers its stakeholders a platform at the EUREF Campus in Berlin - the ENIQ showroom. Here, the energy transition can be experienced...

Worth Knowing about Energy Alliance

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Jobs

Are you interested in a position at one of the Fraunhofer institutes? At this point we inform about current job vacancies.

 

Guiding Principles of Fraunhofer Energy Alliance