Wissenschafts-Walk: Forschung zu Energiegewinnung im Meer

The sea offers enormous potential for renewable energy in the form of wind, waves, currents and the sun. Systems for utilising this potential must not only be efficient, but above all robust enough to withstand extreme weather conditions and swell. This requires extensive research and development. The Forschungszentrum Küste (FZK) and the Testzentrum für Tragstrukturen Hannover (TTH) provide an important building block with their unique test facilities.

The science walk leads through the test facilities of the TTH, which are primarily designed for testing offshore wind turbines, as well as the FZK's large wave current channel (GWK+), which enables large-scale test conditions as if on the open sea, with wave heights of up to 3 metres and current speeds of up to around 1 metre per second. There may not be any experiments running on this day, but there will be an insight ‘behind the scenes’ and details of the research at both facilities will be explained.

Participation is free of charge. Please register via ms-wissenschaft@w-i-d.de . A maximum of 30 people can attend.