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Generation, storage and use of electric energy on a sustainable and cost-efficient basis for stationary and mobile applications are among the biggest global challenges for the next decades. The research and development of innovative electrical energy storage systems is carried out in different institutes at KIT covering the entire value chain in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach. The objective is to develop industrially applicable, cost-efficient solutions for energy storage of the next generations.
Within the Battery Technology Center, the competencies of KIT along the value chain are pooled and an open technology platform for future electric energy storage systems is being set-up. The focus here is on the development and production of new materials and cells as well as the development of batteries and the integration to an overall system. Simultaneously, new manufacturing processes for the cost-efficient production of those batteries are being developed and demonstrated.
Material Foundry
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Elektrodenentwicklung
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Elektrodenfertigung am Extruder
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Energy Storage Systems
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The two-day OpenEMS Hackathon at KIT brought together a diverse group of participants from industry and research institutions across multiple countries for intensive collaboration and knowledge exchange. The event highlighted the growing interest in OpenEMS, particularly among new users, reflecting its increasing relevance as an open-source platform for energy management applications.
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Every year, The smarter E Europe exhibition—Europe’s largest alliance of energy exhibitions—recognizes pioneering innovations that shape the future of the energy world. At this year’s edition, we are proud to celebrate “The Smarter E Outstanding project award 2025” granted to project “BiFlow”. The project realizes a hybrid energy storage concept in real-world and demonstrates an innovative heat sector coupling solution.
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Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Visits KIT Pavilion. The researchers in the BiFlow project demonstrate new options for cost and space-efficient power and heat supply. The expansion of renewable energies requires adequate storage capacities. In BiFlow, a hybrid storage system is being developed that combines the advantages of lithium-ion batteries, such as high energy and power densities as well as high efficiency, with the advantages of vanadium flow batteries, i.e. their long service life and non-flammability. In addition, the electrolyte tanks of vanadium flow batteries serve as heat accumulators. This heat can be used for heating the water in the building, thus increasing the overall efficiency of the system.
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On October 24, 2023, the KIT successfully put the hybrid storage system into operation as part of the BiFlow project.
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