DLR German Aerospace Centre

Organisation name

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. – DLR

(German Aerospace Center)

Department(s)/Unit(s)

Institut für Technische Thermodynamik, TT

(Institute of Technical Thermodynamics)

Institute für Solarforschung, SF

(Institute of Solar Research)

Location

Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany (TT)

Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany (SF)

Headquarter

Other offices

Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany

13 locations in Germany plus offices in Brussels (Belgium), Paris (France) and Washington, D.C. (USA)

Total number of employees

200

Mission

Objectives

Laboratories/Facilities

RET: Solar furnace, CSP qualification centre, storage laboratories, others

Technology expertise

RET: Concentrating Solar Power Plants, Energy Storage, Systems Analysis, Wind Converters, Alternative Fuels

Main research topics

RET: Concentrating Solar Power Plants, Energy Storage, Systems Analysis Wind Converters, Alternative Fuels