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Thuringia invests heavily in energy storage research

Tomorrow’s battery will come from Jena: Two extensions to the Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry (CEEC) are being built on campus at Friedrich Schiller University. Researchers will develop products such as new energy storage materials in a space measuring 4,000 m², including laboratories and offices, starting in 2023/24. Upon completion, which is planned for next year, it should be possible to scale up the lab results to commercial production and start manufacturing relatively large quantities of the desired products on site.

"Energy storage is a key technology of the 21st century," said Thuringia's Science Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee when he attended the topping-out ceremony for the buildings in June together with Infrastructure Minister Susanna Karawanskij. For the energy transition to succeed, it will need efficient storage facilities, he noted; the Ukraine crisis imbued this issue with even more urgency. The total cost of the construction project is just over 54 million euros and is financed by the federal and state governments as well as the Ernst Abbe and Carl Zeiss Foundations. Around 13 million euros are being co-financed by European Union funds under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). In addition to storage technologies, CEEC Jena also develops solutions for photovoltaics and hydrogen technology, among other things. (hw)

Mayor Thomas Nitzsche, University President Walter Rosenthal, CEEC Director Ulrich S. Schubert, Science Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, Infrastructure Minister Susanna Karawanskij and architect Hubert Juranek (from left) during the toppingout ceremony for the CEEC Jena extension buildings.

Mayor Thomas Nitzsche, University President Walter Rosenthal, CEEC Director Ulrich S. Schubert, Science Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, Infrastructure Minister Susanna Karawanskij and architect Hubert Juranek (from left) during the toppingout ceremony for the CEEC Jena extension buildings. Photo: Jens Meyer (Universität Jena)

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