Positive Ecology
The transformation to sustainability and/as ways to happiness
What seems to be heard most often are the environmentalists predicting doom, and the deniers and delayers arguing that change would hurt us, personally and economically.Recently, we see an emergent understanding that a transformation to sustainability is actually not just about hard choices for "saving the planet," but about ways in which human happiness can ...learn more
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Created: Nov 23, 2007
Updated: Oct 25, 2009
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Zentrum für Sonnenenergie und Wasserstoff-Forschung ZSW
(a.k.a.: ZSW Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research)
( Research Institute )
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The ZSW was established in 1988 by the German state of Baden-Württemberg, together with universities, research institutions, and commercial firms. It is a non-profit foundation under the civil code.
Solar energy and hydrogen technologies are currently maturing on an industrial scale and will be major components in the sustainable energy supply of the 21st century. As a result, ZSW pursues the following goals and research topics.
The ZSW's research goals are:
* Research and development of technologies for the sustainable and climate-friendly generation of electricity, heat, and fuel
* Transfer of R&D results to market-relevant products
* Industrial technology transfer
* Consulting political decision-makers and professional associations
* Public relations work about solar energy utilisation and hydrogen technology
Today the ZSW has approximately 120 employees and is one of the leading research institutes in its field. Joint ventures and the growing proportion of industry commissions demonstrate the consistent applications relevance of our work.
Current topics are:
* Photovoltaic materials research and development, especially for PV thin-film technologies
* Systems development for PV applications
* Hydrogen technology
* Electrochemical energy conversion and storage
* Fuel cell development and manufacturing
* Renewable fuels and process engineering
* Modelling and simulation
* Energy economy systems analysis
The ZSW is integrated in numerous research and development networks both in Germany and abroad.
Solar energy and hydrogen technologies are currently maturing on an industrial scale and will be major components in the sustainable energy supply of the 21st century. As a result, ZSW pursues the following goals and research topics.
The ZSW's research goals are:
* Research and development of technologies for the sustainable and climate-friendly generation of electricity, heat, and fuel
* Transfer of R&D results to market-relevant products
* Industrial technology transfer
* Consulting political decision-makers and professional associations
* Public relations work about solar energy utilisation and hydrogen technology
Today the ZSW has approximately 120 employees and is one of the leading research institutes in its field. Joint ventures and the growing proportion of industry commissions demonstrate the consistent applications relevance of our work.
Current topics are:
* Photovoltaic materials research and development, especially for PV thin-film technologies
* Systems development for PV applications
* Hydrogen technology
* Electrochemical energy conversion and storage
* Fuel cell development and manufacturing
* Renewable fuels and process engineering
* Modelling and simulation
* Energy economy systems analysis
The ZSW is integrated in numerous research and development networks both in Germany and abroad.
