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As part of the FfE-Energietage 2019, the Forschungsgesellschaft für Energiewirtschaft awarded the Helmut-Schaefer-Prize for the first time to particularly high-quality master's theses in the field of energy economy and energy technology. It recognizes innovative solutions, scientific depth and…

The topics and information on registration for the following courses in the summer semester 2019 are now online: Main Seminar on Renewable and Sustainable Energy SystemsSeminar on Renewable and Sustainable Energy SystemsProject Lab Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems

Just a few months ago, the power supply at Lophelling Boarding School in the Manang Valley in remote Nepal was anything but reliable. The pupils would often have to do their homework by candlelight. To improve the situation, two TUM students, as part of their academic work, designed a decentralized…

Renewable energy systems in action

A 17-minute short film presenting our Waterwheel Project was screened on 19th October 2018 at the Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival. The film and the project received a special prize from E-Werk Tegernsee at the closing ceremony. Link to the short film on YouTube Tegernsee…

From now on the topics are online for the following courses: Project Lab Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems Hauptseminar Erneuerbare und Nachhaltige Energiesysteme Seminar on Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems

Thousands of people flocked through the Streetlife Festival on Ludwig- and Leopoldstrasse in Munich on the first weekend of May. We too took part and presented our low-tech Waterwheel Project on Saturday evening in the TUM StreetScience tent.

During the last months a student from TUM constructed the first prototype of our ENS-Low-Tech-Waterwheel in Nepal. He worked together with local people in some basic metal-workshops near Kathmandu and with students from Kathmandu University (KU). After the installation of the system in the small…