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David King from Gulf Wind Technology returns to discuss serial uptower blade repairs, passive load shedding, and data-driven testing. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly newsletter on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard’s StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on YouTube, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary’s “Engineering with Rosie” YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Welcome to Uptime Spotlight, shining light on wind energy’s brightest innovators. This is the progress powering tomorrow Allen Hall : David, welcome back to the program.  David King: Yeah, I’m so glad to be here. A lot’s happened since the last time I was on, so, uh, this is gonna be great.  Allen Hall : It’s been about a year. Mm-hmm. And last year we were at OM&S in Nashville, and you were talking about root fusion, and this is the insert fix uptower for the blade inserts, right? So we’re having a lot of blade bolt issues, and the inserts are starting to pull out or become loose, and the blades are moving around. A lot of our operators in the States are trying to solve that problem, and they don’t wanna remove the blades and bring anything down tower. They would like to fix it uptower. That’s where your solution came in. How’s that going?  David King: Yeah, so I mean, it, it’s really been a five-year journey for us. I mean, we’ve been doing this- I remember that, yeah … for a [00:01:00] very long time. You know, it started like any process does, with a problem statement. Sure. And we’ve been working through from problem statement, you know, going through process development, going through structural development, going through pilots. Uh, we did a, a huge pilot deployments about three years ago, where those were being monitored. Um, we’re now in a position where we’re in serial deployment, and that’s what’s really exciting. You know, we’re doing about 200 blades a year, uh, of, of serial deployment. We’ve, we’ve done that now, uh, we’re going into our second year of that. Nice. So we’re extremely excited by that. That comes with its own sets of challenges as you scale up. How do you maintain quality? We even touched a little bit on a few of these things last year. Um, but yeah, we’re really excited to be doing that. Uh, we’re trying to keep it, you know, again, process-driven. How do you simplify a process that allows you to scale up appropriately, train people appropriately? A- a- and that’s what we’re really excited about this year, is being able to bring this, uh, so that we’re not, um, you know, basically supply constrained, ’cause there is a lot of demand for this, and still able to maintain a very high level of, of quality as we, [00:02:00] we scale up. Allen Hall : Yeah, and that’s the key to all sort of repairs in the wind industry. You like to do it once and be done with the life of the turbine. Now, so you’re going uptower. You’re drilling some holes up along the blade, injecting those with a resin system, curing it, basically reinforcing what is already there That all makes sense to me. Engineering-wise, that makes sense to me. But a- again, it goes back to the technicians and the training and the deployment of it. Are you starting to train technicians, bring them in, show them how to use the, use the machines and, and get them out in the field so they are ready to go? It, it… ‘Cause it seems like you’re at that threshold now. David King: No, absolutely. So we, we believe in people first, right? Yeah. People at the end of the day make things happen. And so, you know, the best ways to do that is give people the right tools to be successful, and where that comes from is training. That’s a huge part of it. We have a, a certified training program that we run. Uh, it started out as an internal program we were running. It basically has five levels to it. Uh, we’ve now extended that to, uh, enabling, uh, you know, basically [00:03:00] preferred partners to be able to take part in that training, uh, to be able to utilize modular kits, pumps and equipment, to be able to, you know, go out and meet that demand that’s out there, but do so in a way that’s, uh, controlled. Yeah. And so really that comes back to that certified training program. And really, you know, level one is about a lot of your basic safety, procedural base type, uh, you know, making sure people are competent, uh, they’re not gonna get themselves hurt. Right. They’ve got the right personality traits about focus, uh, you know, detail focus and things like that. Yeah. Uh, level two to that program is, is really about, um, basically getting people to a stage in which they can be a, uh, team member. Uh, they’re able to be on a team and contribute to that team in an effective manner, be in the field.  Allen Hall : That’s really important. A lot of-  David King: Absolutely …  Allen Hall : companies miss that aspect of being a team member instead of an individual. Yeah, you have to work with other people. Yeah. It’s, it’s critical.  David King: It’s massively important. Personalities clash. You’ve got to be able to work through that sort of thing. And so that level one to level two is really kind of taking your green horn hat off and putting, “Okay, I, I, I can be on this team and I’m, I’m a, a contributing [00:04:00] member.” And then at level three, that’s your team leads. Those are people that are leading teams. They’re leaders. They’re up and coming. They’ve got a career path, career trajectory. Level four is our mentors. That’s the people that are going out there and that are basically qualified to now actually mentor other people in the field. Allen Hall : Yeah.  David King: And then your level five is train the trainer. How do you grow more trainers so that you’re not constrained on that training factor? And that, that’s kind of how we, we typically run training.  Allen Hall : Uh, and Gulf Wind has the ability to do that. I mean, I’ve been to your facilities, they’re impressive, and that’s one of the limitations for a lot of companies. They don’t have the facilities to train people, and they don’t have the resources you do. That opens up a lot of opportunities. Obviously, you’re in the composite repair business. You have crews out fixing wind turbine blades. Some of the more complex ones is what I hear. I mean, I hear it secondarily, but I assume that’s what’s happening. What are, are the areas that you get called in on to do composite repairs?  David King: We, we really do anything that stops somebody else. Okay. So we wanna be there when there’s a problem where you’re like, “I don’t know where to go next. Uh, this is a big [00:05:00] problem. We’re unsure. Maybe there’s a new technology at play. Maybe it’s, uh, a carbon spar cap. Maybe it’s something, uh…” You know, obviously the root stuff that’s very complicated. Sure. And, uh, it’s just gonna require a little bit more engineering. It’s gonna require a little bit more rigor, and that- that’s where we say, look, we, we can, whether it means testing something, verifying something, training somebody on a process, developing a process- Yeah or just doing something complicated, that’s where we excel.  Allen Hall : Well, that- that’s what I hear from the road is, uh, Gulf Winds here and I think, “Uh-oh. You must have a really serious problem because you’re calling in the experts to do the, the difficult things.” Carbon pultrusions, carbon fabric in, in blades today is such a massive problem because it’s not, it’s not fiberglass. It’s just a lot more to deal with, and some of the loading issues we’re finding and, boy, it’s just all over the place. They need Gulf Winds Technology to, to come on site to give them a hand. Now, a- as part of the growth of the business, and you guys have been growing. Every year I, I see they’re just… it’s just a little bit bigger, a little more [00:06:00] people. I walked on LinkedIn and hiring some engineers and some people to work over the summertime. That’s all great. What’s the structure look like now? How are you trying to organize yourself as a business?  David King: Yeah, so we really break down into three different structures. We have our service division, and that’s, um, putting people out there to solve problems in the field. As simple as it gets, right? It’s like you’ve got a problem, we’ve got the right people with the right solutions, and they’re gonna go deliver, uh, a result. Um, and then we’ve got an engineering division. That’s about developing problems. It also has a lot to do with IP. You know, things like root fusion, that’s a pat- protected technology. Sure. All of our technology, we do a lot of investments in, in, you know, patent protection and IP work, and so that sits inside that engineering division. Uh, it’s how we, we have the smarts of the company kinda sat in there. Uh, it also is what allows us to really get into some of these, uh, kinda juicy problem statements that are a little bit prickly maybe. Uh, and we love getting into those and solving them. Yeah. And then the third and final thing is the composite side of things, and that’s the, the manufacturing. That’s that 30,000 square [00:07:00] foot composite manufacturing facility where we wanna be the best in vacuum infusion. We wanna be the best in prepreg, the best in pultrusions, complex assemblies, and be trying to de- uh, just deliver really high-quality composites to the industry. Allen Hall : Yeah, and you have the equipment to do a lot of testing. And I think a, a lot of operators don’t realize what you have And the knowledge that’s sitting there, when I run into operators across the country that have complicated issues, particularly if they have carbon, I mean, oh my gosh, you, you need to be calling experts here. And if they have issues they haven’t really sussed out, they don’t know, they don’t understand the engineering that went into that blade, they need to be talking to you guys about Why is this blade designed the way it is? How should I approach this? Do I need to be turning my turbines off until I figure out a solution? A lot of times there’s not a lot of resources there because the, the designs are more complex than ever. But on the, on the same hand, I would say they’re not doing a lot of testing of their own materials. [00:08:00] David King: Yeah, and there’s a huge space for that. And which is crazy. Absolutely. Yeah. It’s, it’s, uh, it’s definitely a gap. It is. And we see it as a gap that needs to be filled. Yes. And so that’s where, you know, we, we say you’ve gotta give the engineers the tools to be successful. Sure. And so what are those tools? You know, that could be anything from what does an aerodynamicist need? They might need a metrology scanner. Right. So we do 70 million plus point scans of full blades. We’ve done now a full blade scan and, uh, I think we did it in about an hour, which was a, a new record of how quickly you could get 70 million points on a blade. Wow. And then that allowed- Uptower  Allen Hall : or  David King: downtower? It was downtower. Okay. Okay. It was outside in the field, but it was downtower. Okay. It’s still impressive. So that was a little, little, little bit easier than uptower. Sure. Maybe that’s next. Um- Yeah. But, um, no, and then so what can you do with that? Well, then you can go, uh, really analyze, you know, the performance of that blade. Maybe you can go do something in a wind tunnel with it. So coming back to that toolkit- Yep … an aerodynamicist needs a wind tunnel. We have aerodynamicists, so we have a wind tunnel. Then going on to, like, a structural engineer. What does a structural engineer need? Well, they need their FE tools. They need some good first principle approaches to, to structures. But they also need test equipment. Right. They need to be [00:09:00] able to develop and characterize materials both in static and fatigue. And so we’ve made a lot of investment in those sort of test equipment, uh, so that we can, we can put numbers to things. You know, I think the wind industry needs more data. Less speculation and more data-driven decisions, and the, where that starts is really building up that test base. And we, we believe in this thing called the testing pyramid, and what it is is, like, you’ve gotta characterize the material. That’s where you’re gonna have thousands of samples. Right. That’s your tensile, double lap shear testing, all the basics. Then you do your subcomponents. Add some geometry into that, that- Add some shape. Exactly. Maybe that’s hundreds of samples. And then you’re gonna go on top of that to, like, your full component. And look, we don’t have a blade test stand yet, but- Right … that’s kind of that, that space. And then the final top of that pyramid is go do it in the field, get results- Run it … and then run that back into your design cycles. And I think the more we can do that as an industry, the more successful we’re gonna be as an industry.  Allen Hall : Yeah, and I think a lot of operators don’t think they have to participate in that, and they’re sadly mistaken. And the fact that the industry has grown as fast as it has means [00:10:00] there’s some holes in some of the engineering that maybe they didn’t consider the, the site assessment properly or they didn’t understand some of the manufacturing variability. Now you own this product, you’re gonna have to do some of the homework that maybe the OEM should have done. It’s your site. You own it. And a lot of times I think, uh, as an owner/operator, they don’t realize there’s resources. Like, okay, well maybe do some mechanical testing. Maybe the repairs I had last summer aren’t working out the way that I think. Maybe I need to look at some materials  David King: and see if- And we want you to own your data. Well, that’s exactly it, right? That’s really what it comes down to is like you wanna own the data, know your blades, know your products, whether it’s, you know… I know you’re very, uh, you know, uh, specialized in lighting, really know your stuff. Everybody’s gotta take that same approach. Know your stuff- You need to know it … or go find the experts that know it- Right … and work with them. Yeah.  Allen Hall : Well, at, at this point in the industry’s growth, you realize who’s all percolated towards the top, right? You, you, you see the companies like Goldwind that have the expertise in-house and, and have established themselves as a [00:11:00] knowledge center, as a resource for the US and globally, and there’s only a couple of those spread around the world in that- We as an industry need to be utilizing you more to help us solve problems. Because if I don’t tell Gulf Wind what’s going on, Gulf Wind can’t help come to a solution.  David King: And we find that really, like, just the more you know, you start finding all sorts of new opportunities. Yeah. ‘Cause we almost learn what you don’t know, in a way. You kind of realize that, like, there’s so much more out there. Yeah. And that’s where it gets really exciting. That’s where it’s like you can get these novel solutions, people who take creative approaches. Um, and, and I really think that’s what’s gonna take this industry forward, especially now when, you know, there are some headwinds for wind. And all that means is we’ve gotta get sharper, and we’ve gotta be, uh, more agile. And I think it’s actually almost times like this that create some of the best, uh, behaviors in an industry to, uh, take it forward into the future really.  Allen Hall : Yeah. Wind’s not gonna go anywhere, but it’s being stressed a little bit. And in those stress points, we need to take the time to reflect and to make the industry [00:12:00] stronger. But in order to do that, we need to be relying upon the sources that we have. There are global sources. There are so many resources to touch into. I think you guys are, are doing amazing things. Obviously, being down in your facility, seeing the wind tunnel, just blown away by that. Seeing the mechanical testing, seeing the, the 3D printing of air foils and all that work you’re doing, plus the ability to scan blades, do large scale studies. I remember one was on CMS at the time, thinking, “All right. Somebody’s, somebody’s actually doing the right thing. There’s a study happening so we can understand what’s happening in CMS.” Like, those things need to happen as an industry to grow.  David King: Oh, absolutely. And I know you and I were at WOMA- Yes … quite recently. Yeah. And we heard about that LEP study. Yes. And what a prime example- … of people going out there, getting real life data. Yes. And then, uh, making it accessible so that people can make smart decisions, and again, drive the cost of energy down and make wind successful. It’s, it’s amazing.  Allen Hall : It, uh- Yeah. Yeah, yeah. But the transfer of knowledge is the key, right? And you guys are involved [00:13:00] in looking at some, what LEP will do to improve a blade, but also what leading edge damage will do to erode performance. Those are some of the things that a lot of operators don’t understand. Like, is that blade being in that damaged form even affecting my AEP? It depends on the turbine, I think, a lot of times. But you better be asking the question at least. Talk to somebody who knows.  David King: Yeah. ‘Cause it, it’s really interesting. I mean, you know, I think it so much drives back to that business case for the operator, and they all have their own approaches. And, and really- Yeah you know, most people are repairing LEP when it becomes structural. That’s the- That’s right … that’s the predominant approach. And, you know, I understand that approach very… You know, I, I get it from an operator’s point of view. Um, but yeah, there’s definitely, uh, other things you could do to try and make a, a data-based business decision. Um- Sure.  Allen Hall : Sure. Now, what are some of the cool new things that Gulf Wind is working on, that you haven’t announced to the world yet, but you’d like to announce? I know you’ve been working on things. I’ve seen all the white papers being published. There’s some things- Back behind the scenes, what’s new?  David King: Yeah. I mean, so, you know, you take something like Roof [00:14:00] Fusion, right? Right. Which is a long process to develop. So we, knowing that everything that, uh, you have as an idea is gonna take almost maybe three, four, five years to actually bring to market- Sure … we’re always starting on this constant cycle of development. Right. And so the things- You know  Allen Hall : it’s gonna be five years. David King: Exactly. Yeah. And so, you know, I mean, it’s like the patents on this stuff take three, four, five years to work out. Yeah. And so it- it’s a very important part of the entire process. Yeah. But to, to answer your question, we do have some exciting things both in the aero side, uh, side of the world. Uh, we have been doing a lot of development work around, uh, basically, uh, passive load shedding, so the ability for a turbine, or actually any structure, to be able to react to the wind in a passive manner. Uh, so you don’t need any sort of mechanicals. You don’t need anything, uh, that’s going to break in the field, and the structure itself is able to actually react to the load that’s coming onto it and change its aerodynamic, uh, profile and change its load that it’s experiencing. So you get these… Uh, that’s a very interesting new technology. Yes. Uh, it’s something that we’ve been working on for about three or four years now. It’s now, uh, [00:15:00] getting demonstrated, uh, which we’re very excited about. Uh, we also have some technologies, uh, around new connection types between metal and composites. So this is, uh, something that’s, uh, probably got a lot of, um, application in aerospace, but I think it’s also gonna find its way into wind. And this is just a new way of really trying to fix some of the problematic joints that we’ve been dealing with now for the last few years, but looking forward, not looking backward. Yeah. Right. Sure. Not being retroactive. Right. But how do we do that next generation of roof pushing design, for example? And we’ve got a really exciting method for that, that, uh, is been tested now. We have test results for it, and they look extremely good. Uh, we also are making some major CapEx investments this year into- Sure … new manufacturing equipment. So we have, um, some… I, I would say some, some pretty advanced, um, automation we’re trying to bring to composite manufacturing- Okay … around pre-preg carbon fibers and things like that, which is gonna be very, very exciting I think. Uh, I hope it finds its way into the wind industry. It’ll probably start in other industries. Sure. Maybe kind of this, uh, [00:16:00] subsea, you know, and, uh, and air, uh, space first- Sure … you know, around UAVs, ROVs- Sure … that sort of thing. But I think it’s also gonna have applications in wind, and we’re really, really excited about that. Well,  Allen Hall : that’s good because it, it does seem like wind is downstream of a lot of aerospace things ’cause it does, definitely costs money to develop those, and aerospace is a place where that can happen. However- If you work out all the kinks and you solve all the manufacturing issues, it is directly applicable to wind. David King: And it’s massive volume. The beautiful thing about wind is that the volume, when you get something right and you do it right, you get to deploy technology. Yeah. Yes. You, you get to take it off the shelf- Right … and put it in the world and make it happen, which is, there’s nothing more exciting as an engineer. Allen Hall : Well, I mean, in, in terms of blade manufacturing, how many times have we talked about automating that so we have less things like wrinkles and some ply issues, overlaps, those kind of things where automation would help, but we just haven’t really refined it enough to i- implement it at a large scale in a blade factory. David King: Exactly. And it’s always usually too bespoke, you know? It is. It’s like you solve the problem for the, the 40-meter blade, and now- Right … there’s a [00:17:00] 45-meter blade, and we need all new CapEx. Right. And then it doesn’t, uh, doesn’t scale well.  Allen Hall : That doesn’t scale at all. No. Right. So that’s why they haven’t done it, is because they know the next generation of blade is coming. It’s another 10 meters longer, and that’s not gonna fit in this building, and doesn’t make sense- We’re in trouble … to buy the equipment.  David King: Yeah, exactly.  Allen Hall : Right. So it, it, it’s a- Yeah … it’s a constant evolving industry. Now, I, I had looked at your load shedding patent application or patent. Maybe it came out as a patent. David King: Yep.  Allen Hall : Mm-hmm. Okay. I wanna understand that a little bit since I’m here talking to you now. The load shedding piece was because, uh, you’re in Louisiana, that’s where hurricanes- Come up … every once in a while, if people haven’t read the papers. But the load shedding technology makes sense because now you can deploy wind turbines in places that you otherwise may not do it because of the risk of typhoons, hurricanes, even tornadoes on some level, some odd wind situations. You wanna explain what that technology is? Yeah.  David King: Really what it’s doing is it’s trying to decouple the, uh, turbine’s ability to protect itself from its requirement to maintain power and maintain [00:18:00] control. So if you have something that relies on electrical hydraulics or anything like that- Yeah … it’s gonna be extremely susceptible to failing, uh, when- Yes there’s a grid outage or when you have a battery that fails or, you know, most airplanes require, like, dual redundancy or triple- Triple … triple redundancy because of that very reason, and we just can’t afford to do that in wind. No. And so the innovation then that gets required is you have to have something that’s passive, something where the structure itself has been designed in a way where the laminate is designed in a way where it’s going to not react progressively like a linear fashion as you apply load, right? It keeps bending and bending and bending. Right, right, right. But it’s gonna have quite a sudden reaction to a very particular load case. And so that’s what we’ve been able to do is-  Allen Hall : Okay …  David King: basically construct that laminate in a way where when it, the right load is applied, in this case, that’s the, the hurricane load or the extreme load- Right we can shed that load, uh, completely by the structure simply reacting to the load, and that’s very exciting for wind. It has a lot of other applications ’cause- Sure it does … basically allowing you to hinge composites. We now can- Right … with [00:19:00] composites almost in an origami fashion, hinge them any way we want, which is really, really exciting. Nice. And we’re excited to bring that now to other areas besides just wind and, and wind will be a key one as well.  Allen Hall : Sure it will. Yeah. Wow, okay. That’s cool. I mean, that’s why I follow Gulf Wind Technology on LinkedIn to see all the cool things that are coming out because, uh, if, if you’re thinking about- What’s new, what’s next. There’s probably three or four places, honestly, in the world that I rely upon, DTE being one, Fraunhofer being another, and then Gulf Wind Technology. Like, okay, let’s… So they tram for it here. I… Let’s, let’s see what’s going on this week. That’s amazing. And I, I know that as you guys get more experience out in the field and people will start to recognize the name, it’s just only gonna grow to something even bigger. So that, that’s fantastic. I know you, you spend a lot of time making  David King: this business go. We’re de- definitely very excited about it. Yeah. But with, with growth comes, you know, a, a discipline. Right. You have to be very disciplined. Yes. And so that’s something, you know, we’ve gotta be very focused on. Yeah. That’s where things like that certified training program are important. Yes. It’s where [00:20:00] how we patent things is very important. Yes. How we, uh, you know, kind of set up company structure is very important. So I know we touched on a few of those subjects today. Yeah. But those are really just about trying to be able to maintain quality as we grow. A- and that’s really important to our customers, it’s important to us, and it’s how we maintain the brand. Allen Hall : We gotta get back down to Louisiana. I’m really curious to see what’s happening inside the buildings and see where you’re at, because, uh, I know there’s great things happening there. And I really appreciate the time. Thank you for coming over to Australia. I thought your, your talks and your, your presentation and being on panels in Australia was really insightful to a lot of Australians, because you’re just bringing a different viewpoint into that marketplace. And, and that’s what Gulf Wind does. So I, I appreciate all that effort. And, uh, yeah, we should connect up this summer. Come down and check out what’s going on.  David King: Absolutely. If you’re willing to brave the heat- Oh, no. … you are always welcome. And our aim is that every time you come to that factory, hopefully it’s like a, a whole new world. We wanna surprise you with something new, because, uh, that’s the only way we can demonstrate progress.  Allen Hall : Oh, that’s a deal.  David King: So.  Allen Hall : Okay, great. Well, thank you,  David King: Dave. Great to see [00:21:00] you. Thanks  Allen Hall : for being on the  David King: podcast. Thank you very much.

PFAS gelten als sogenannte Ewigkeitschemikalien, da sie in der Natur nahezu unzerstörbar sind und Mensch sowie Umwelt dauerhaft belasten. Forscherinnen des UFZ haben nun ein Verfahren entwickelt, das kurzkettige PFAS effizient aus dem Wasser filtern kann. Mehr über die Arbeit die Arbeit der Forschungsgruppe Advanced Adsorption and Oxidation am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ: https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=50665 ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-pfas

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Chris Holman welcomes Tim Daman, President and CEO, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce, Lansing, MI. Chris Holman of Michigan Business Beat interviews Tim Daman, President and CEO of the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce, about the highlights of their Lansing Economic Club season, which featured speakers including Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, a women's leadership panel, the Canadian Consul General, and MSU basketball figures Tom Izzo and Mike Garland. Daman outlines the upcoming fall lineup, including programs on NIL and college athletics, Fraunhofer's diamond coating technologies at MSU, regional economic growth, and a year-end financial forecast. He also reflects on the Chamber's broader mission, noting that post-COVID engagement is returning to pre-pandemic levels across events, leadership programs, and networking. On the national front, Daman highlights tariff uncertainty and the "Big Beautiful Bill" as top concerns, particularly its potential impact on higher education institutions like Michigan State University. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/

Bis vor einigen Jahren waren sie so teuer, dass sie nur in Laptops verbaut wurden. Heute stabilisieren sie containerweise das Stromnetz: Batteriespeicher sind mittlerweile so günstig, dass sie zum Rückgrat der Energiewende werden und sogar Europa energetisch unabhängig machen könnten. ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-batteriespeicher

Rund 15 Prozent der Erwachsenen in Deutschland leiden unter Heuschnupfen, doch aktuelle Vorhersagen sind oft zu ungenau für den Alltag. Das Projekt PollenNet erfasst nun mithilfe von Citizen Science und KI den Pollenflug lokal. So soll ein neues Warnsystem für Allergiker entstehen. Mehr über die Arbeit von PollenNet findet ihr hier: https://floraincognita.de/pollennet/ ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-pollen

Palladium ist ein unverzichtbares Edelmetall für die Medizin. Doch seine Rückgewinnung aus Industrieabfällen ist bisher aufwendig und umweltbelastend. Die Forschungsgruppe Pep2Rec am Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf setzt daher auf winzige Eiweißketten, die das Metall wie eine biologische Angel aus Lösungen fischen. ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-recycling-palladium

En aquest episodi de La Nova Mobilitat Actual viatgem virtualment a la gran fira Auto China de Pequín per descobrir l'allau de novetats mundials: des de les 6 noves bateries de CATL fins al revolucionari sistema autònom VLA2 d'XPeng.També repassem els últims resultats financers de Tesla, marcats per la confessió d'Elon Musk sobre els retards del FSD i l'obsolescència del Hardware 3. Finalment, toquem de peus a terra analitzant l'estat real dels robots humanoides a la fira Hannover Messe i l'aclaparador ecosistema de manufactura de Shenzhen.Temes tractats:

Für viele entscheidet sich im Mehrparteienhaus, ob Elektromobilität praktikabel ist.Annegret Stephan, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Fraunhofer ISI (Abteilung Energietechnologien und Energiesysteme), spricht mit Markus und Heike über den Zugang zu Ladeinfrastruktur im Mehrparteienhaus – einem der größten Hebel für eine breite Elektromobilität.Regulatorischer Rahmen:Im Fokus stehen Regelungen wie das Gebäude-Elektromobilitätsinfrastruktur-Gesetz (GEIG) und die anstehende EPBD-Novelle.Strukturelle Hürden:Warum ist der Ausbau in Mehrparteienhäusern so schwierig? Welche Herausforderungen gibt es bei Eigentumsstrukturen, Netzanschluss, Kosten und Abstimmungsprozessen?Soziale Dimension:Wie laden Bewohner:innen heute? Welche Lösungen werden akzeptiert? Und droht eine ungleiche Verteilung beim Zugang zur Ladeinfrastruktur?Ausblick:Was muss jetzt passieren, damit mehr Menschen Zugang bekommen?Eine Folge über Zugangsfragen, Regulierung und die nächsten Schritte für E-Mobilität im Alltag.Link zur Studie „Laden in Mehrparteienhäusern“ (Fraunhofer ISI, prognos, NOERR): Studie Laden in MehrparteienhäusernDer enPower Podcast ist ein Projekt von Markus Fritz und Heike Brugger. Für Folgen-Ideen oder Kollaborationsanfragen gerne via E-Mail an hallo(at)enpower-podcast(.)de.

Erdbeben gehören zu den gewaltigsten Naturkräften unseres Planeten, doch ihre präzise Vorhersage bleibt eine der größten Herausforderungen der Seismologie. Während eine Millionenstadt wie Istanbul auf ein statistisch überfälliges Beben wartet, entwickeln Forschende neue Methoden zur Überwachung. Hier findet ihr mehr Informationen über das GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung: https://www.gfz.de/ Mehr Informationen über Dr. Annabel Händel vom GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung und ihre Forschung findet ihr hier. Am 29. April wird am International Day in Memory of the Victims of Earthquakes global Erdbebenopfern gedacht. ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-erdbebenforschung

Wie lernen Kinder in einer Welt voller Künstlicher Intelligenz, Robotik und digitaler Assistenten?Was müssen Schule, Eltern und Unternehmen heute verstehen, damit wir morgen nicht den Anschluss verlieren?In dieser Folge von „Daniel Jung lädt ein“ spreche ich mit Thorsten Leimbach, Leiter des Geschäftsfelds Smart Coding and Learning am Fraunhofer IAIS und einer der zentralen Köpfe hinter der bekannten Roberta® – Lernen mit Robotern Initiative sowie dem Open Roberta Lab.Seit über 20 Jahren beschäftigt er sich mit der Frage, wie Kinder und Jugendliche spielerisch für Technik, Informatik und Zukunftskompetenzen begeistert werden können – und warum Robotik oft der beste Einstieg dafür ist.Wir sprechen über:• Warum Robotik Kinder oft besser fürs Lernen begeistert als klassischer Unterricht• Was ein 12-jähriges Kind heute wirklich über KI verstehen sollte• Die Rolle von KI in Schule und Bildung• Warum wir Lernen neu denken müssen• Welche Kompetenzen in Zukunft wirklich zählen• AI-Agenten, Robotik und die nächste Entwicklungsstufe intelligenter Maschinen• Digitale Souveränität und warum „Made in Europe“ im Bildungsbereich immer wichtiger wirdAußerdem sprechen wir über sein aktuelles Buch „Roboter und KI“, das speziell für Kinder geschrieben wurde und zeigt, wie verständlich und spannend Zukunftstechnologien erklärt werden können.Eine Folge über Bildung, Technologie und die vielleicht wichtigste Frage unserer Zeit:Wie lernen wir eigentlich richtig?#DanielJung #Podcast #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Robotik #Fraunhofer #ThorstenLeimbach #OpenRoberta #Bildung #Schule #Zukunft #KI #EdTech #Lernenlernen

KI-Hype trifft Realität: 750.000 Unternehmen in NRW – aber nur die wenigsten nutzen KI strategisch. Dr. Christian Temath, Geschäftsführer von KI.NRW, erklärt, warum die Gewinner heute schon aufgestellt sind, welche Rolle Kultur und Commitment spielen und warum „be bold" wichtiger ist als jeder ROI-Case. Key Takeaways: → Warum die meisten Unternehmen KI falsch herum angehen – und wie du es besser machst → Placebo-KI vs. echte Transformation: Der Unterschied zwischen Copilot-Lizenz und strategischem Mehrwert → Der Miele-Fall: Wie ein Backofen mit Kamera gegen Deckungsbeitrag gestartet und zum Datenschatz wurde → KI Act und Regulierung: Warum selbst Juristen uneins sind – und wie du trotzdem ins Tun kommst → Was der deutsche Mittelstand dem Silicon Valley wirklich entgegensetzen kann Über den Gast: Dr. Christian Temath ist Geschäftsführer der Kompetenzplattform KI.NRW am Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme IAIS in Sankt Augustin. Vor seiner Zeit bei KI.NRW war er acht Jahre in der Strategieberatung bei McKinsey und hat anschließend bei HRS tief in den Datenthemen eines global agierenden Tech-Unternehmens gearbeitet. Heute begleitet er das KI-Ökosystem in NRW – von Startups bis zum Mittelstand. MY DATA IS BETTER THAN YOURS ist ein Projekt von BETTER THAN YOURS, der Marke für richtig gute Podcasts. Du möchtest gezielt Werbung im Podcast MY DATA IS BETTER THAN YOURS schalten? Zum Kontaktformular: https://2frg6t.share-eu1.hsforms.com/2ugV0DR-wTX-mVZrX6BWtxg Zum Linkedin Profil von Christian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiantemath/ Zur Homepage von KI.NRW: https://www.ki.nrw/ Zum Linkedin Profil von Jonas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonasrashedi/ Jonas' Bücher: https://www.amazon.de/stores/Jonas-Rashedi/author/B09FKCFYBM Alle Folgen: https://my-data-is-better-than-yours.podigee.io/

Was, wenn Batterien nicht mehr aufwendig zusammengesetzt, sondern einfach gedruckt werden könnten? In dieser Geladen-Folge sprechen wir mit Dr. Daniela Fenske (Fraunhofer IFAM) und Mario Kohl (Fraunhofer IFAM) über eine Technologie, die das Potenzial hat, die Batterieproduktion komplett auf den Kopf zu stellen.

In „Rumänien. Geschichte, Literaturkritik, Erinnerungen“ zeichnet Schlojme Bickel das lebendige Bild einer jiddischen Lebenswelt im Rumänien der Zwischenkriegszeit. Zum ersten Mal wurde sein Buch nun ins Deutsche übersetzt. Das Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO) zählt international zu den führenden Forschungs- und Vermittlungseinrichtungen für die Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa. Hier könnt ihr Schlojme Bickels Buch „Rumänien. Geschichte, Literaturkritik, Erinnerungen“ in deutscher Übersetzung erwerben. ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-juedisches-leben

Die Künstliche Intelligenz ist beeindruckend, Computer können immer mehr. Doch nicht nur in diesem Bereich vollzieht sich ein rasanter technischer Fortschritt. Es geht auch um viele Anwendungen in der Industrie, wo eine neue Legierung, eine neue chemische Verbindung, ein effizienterer Energieeinsatz, eine stabilere Schraube oder Ähnliches einen Unterschied ausmachen. Deutschlands technisches Niveau entscheidet sich nicht nur in den Maschinenräumen der Software-Entwickler, sondern in unzähligen anderen Domänen, in denen findige Tüftler gefragt sind. Wie steht es darum? Holger Hanselka ist Präsident der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, die sich dem Ziel verschrieben hat, wissenschaftliche Weiterentwicklungen schnell in praktischen Anwendungen und Produkte zu überführen, die am Markt bestehen. Mit mehr als 30.000 Mitarbeitern und mehr als 70 Forschungsinstituten ist sie deutschlandweit präsent. Zu ihren Kunden zählen zahlreiche Mittelständler. Gerade sie sind ein Grund, aus dem heraus die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft wenige Jahre nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gegründet wurde: Kleine und mittelgroße Unternehmen haben oft nicht ausreichend eigene Mittel, um große Forschungslabore betreiben zu können - und können dies auslagern. Zugleich hat sich das wirtschaftliche Umfeld zuletzt auch für Fraunhofer verschlechtert. Denn der Erfolg der Gesellschaft hängt wie beschrieben wesentlich auch davon ab, wie viele Kunden sie in der privaten Wirtschaft gewinnen kann – und wenn die Unternehmen sparen oder Investitionen hinauszögern, weil die Unsicherheit wächst, dann merken sie das auch in den Fraunhofer-Instituten. Wie also steht es um die deutsche Wirtschaft? Wie schlägt sich die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft gerade? Und wer war eigentlich der Namensgeber Joseph von Fraunhofer, dessen 200. Todestag in dieses Jahr fällt? Und schließlich: Was sind die richtigen wirtschaftspolitischen Rahmenbedingungen - ständig nur mehr Geld umzuverteilen zählt nicht dazu, sagt Hanselka. Er wünscht sich mehr Fokus auf Wirtschaftswachstum. Und wirbt dafür, Unternehmer mehr ins Rampenlicht zu stellen, die eben für gut bezahlte Arbeitsplätze heute und morgen sorgen.

Ursula von der Leyen lechzt nach modernen Mini-Atomreaktoren. Markus Söder auch. Die USA ohnehin. Die Politik möchte etliche Milliarden Euro und Dollar in SMR investieren. Tatsache bleibt: Auch nach jahrzehntelanger Forschung sind effiziente Minireaktoren nur Wunschtraum, keine Realität. "Das hat technische Gründe", sagt Leonhard Gandhi vom Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (ISE) im "Klima-Labor" von ntv. "Kleine Reaktoren brennen Kernbrennstoff schlechter ab. Deswegen sind SMR per se deutlich teurer als große Anlagen." Die Branche weiß ihm zufolge um ihre Ineffizienz, aber "scheitert krachend" mit allen Alternativen. Gast: Leonhard Gandhi, Wissenschaftler am Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (ISE). Der Diplom-Ingenieur leitet die Plattform Energy-Charts. Diese erfasst zahlreiche Daten zu Stromsystem, Stromproduktion und Stromverbrauch in ganz Europa. Moderation: Clara Pfeffer und Christian Herrmann Wir freuen uns über Feedback und Zuschriften: klimalabor@ntv.de Ihr möchtet uns unterstützen? Dann bewertet das "Klima-Labor" bei Apple Podcasts oder Spotify Das Interview als Text? Einfach hier klicken. Dieser Podcast wird vermarktet von Julep Media: sales@julep.de

Wie können digitale Tools die mentale Gesundheit unterstützen? Und welches Potenzial bergen Peptide für die Antibiotikaforschung? Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft bietet Antworten. Mehr Details und weitere Themen findet ihr in der neuen Ausgabe des Magazins „MaxPlanckForschung“. ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-gesundheit

Für Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler gibt es verschiedene Gründe, ein Loch zu bohren. Durch Messungen und Proben lassen sich zum Beispiel Aussagen zur Erdgeschichte und zum Klimawandel treffen oder auch Erdbeben besser vorhersagen. Hier findet ihr mehr Informationen über die Arbeit des GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung. Hier findet ihr mehr Informationen zum Kontinentalen Tiefbohrprogramm (KTB). ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-wissenschaftliches-bohren

Von ersten Gehversuchen mit frühen 3D-Grafikkarten bis zur Vision eines souveränen europäischen Metaverses: In dieser Episode blicken wir mit Leif Oppermann auf die jahrzehntelange technologische Basisarbeit am Fraunhofer FIT zurück. Wir diskutieren, warum revolutionäre XR-Technologien oft hier in Europa ihren Ursprung nahmen und wie Initiativen wie die Virtual Worlds Association uns heute gegen die Dominanz von Big Tech wappnen sollen. Eine absolute "Must-Listen"-Folge für alle, die nicht nur die Technik, sondern das große Ganze hinter XR verstehen wollen.

Forschende haben in Kläranlagen weltweit neue bakterielle Partnerschaften entdeckt, die eine überraschende Rolle für das Klima spielen. Während diese Mikroorganismen bei der Abwasserreinigung helfen, produzieren sie teilweise das gefährliche Treibhausgas Lachgas. Hier erfahrt ihr mehr über das Forschungsprojekt. ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-mikrobiologie-im-klaerwerk

Seit dem Stromeinspeisungsgesetz von 1991 und insbesondere seit dem Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) im Jahr 2000 ist der Anteil der Erneuerbaren Energien an der Stromerzeugung in Deutschland von nahezu null auf heute fast 60 % gestiegen. Nach einem – vor allem zu Beginn des Jahrhunderts – nahezu exponentiellen Wachstum haben sich die Zuwachsraten infolge politischer Entscheidungen zwar abgeschwächt. Dennoch zeichnet sich ab, dass Deutschland früher oder später seinen Strom vollständig aus erneuerbaren Quellen beziehen wird. Gleichzeitig schreitet die Elektrifizierung in den Bereichen Mobilität und Wärme voran. Damit geht es längst nicht mehr nur um die Stromversorgung, sondern um die Frage, wann Deutschland insgesamt 100 % erneuerbare Energien erreichen kann. Mit den Energy Charts stellt das Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (ISE) eines der umfassendsten und transparentesten Datenportale zur Stromerzeugung in Europa bereit – nahezu in Echtzeit. Die Zahlen zeigen nicht nur den Anteil Erneuerbarer Energien, sondern auch Stromhandel, Preisentwicklungen und langfristige Trends. Unser Gast Leonhard Gandhi betreut als Wissenschaftler dieses Portal. Wir sprechen mit ihm über die Bedeutung belastbarer statistischer Daten, über langfristige Trends – und darüber, wann Deutschland voraussichtlich die Vollversorgung mit Erneuerbaren Energien erreichen kann. Welche Faktoren sind für den weiteren Erfolg ausschlaggebend?

„Mit Forschung das Leben auf unserem Planeten verbessern“ — nichts Geringeres hat sich die Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft für die kommenden Jahre auf die Fahnen geschrieben. Wie geht sie die Aufgaben der Zukunft an? Mehr über die Arbeit der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft erfahrt Ihr hier: https://www.helmholtz.de/ueber-uns/wer-wir-sind/ Der Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquarte…et-und-forschung ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-planet-und-forschung

Seit 1990 hat sich die Zahl der Krebsfälle weltweit mehr als verdoppelt. Doch die medizinische Forschung arbeitet an neuen Heilmitteln: Individuelle therapeutische Krebsimpfstoffe könnten Menschen künftig helfen, den Krebs zu besiegen. ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-neue-krebsimpfungen

Die Frage nach dem Sinn des Lebens galt in der Philosophie lange als zu groß, zu subjektiv und weitgehend unbeantwortbar. Michael Zichy hat trotzdem nach einer Antwort gesucht. Und findet: Nichts ist wichtiger, als anderen wichtig zu sein. Michael Zichys Buch „Anderen wichtig sein. Eine Philosophie des Lebenssinns“ ist im Herbst 2025 bei Suhrkamp erschienen. ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-sinn-des-lebens

Immer mehr Erwachsene werden mit ADS oder ADHS diagnostiziert. Was steckt hinter der Krankheit und wie geht es nach der Diagnose für Betroffene weiter? ADHS Deutschland e.V.: https://adhs-deutschland.de/ ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-adhs

Über Arbeitslose kursieren viele Klischees und gefühlte Wahrheiten. Stimmt es, dass viele gar nicht nach einem Job suchen? Wenn ja, warum ist das so? Eine neue Studie bringt Fakten in die Bürgergeld-Debatte. Die Bürgergeld-Studie unseres Gesprächspartners Tobias Ortmann von der Bertelsmann-Stiftung findet ihr hier. ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-buergergeld

Dank künstlicher Intelligenz lassen sich aus Hirnscans nicht nur Krankheiten, sondern auch persönliche Eigenschaften herauslesen. Ein Gespräch über die Bedeutung von KI für die Medizin der Zukunft. Mehr über die Arbeit und die Forschungsthemen unseres Gesprächspartners Prof. Simon Eickhoff vom Forschungszentrum Jülich könnt ihr hier lesen. ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-hirnscans

Mit dem Jahreswechsel fassen viele Menschen neue Vorsätze. Ein guter Grund, die am 16. Januar 2025 im „Forschungsquartett“ erschienene Folge über Neujahrsvorsätze noch einmal hervorzuholen, und nachzuschauen: Wie setzen wir Neujahrsvorsätze am besten um? Und was bringt es eigentlich, sich persönliche Ziele zu stecken? >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-neujahrsvorsaetze-2026

Allen, Joel, and Rosemary break down the Trump administration’s sudden halt of five major offshore wind projects, including Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind and parts of Vineyard Wind, over national security claims the hosts find questionable. They also cover the FCC’s ban on new DJI drone imports and what operators should do now, plus Fraunhofer’s latest wind research featured in PES Wind Magazine. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard’s StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes’ YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast brought to you by Strike Tape, protecting thousands of wind turbines from lightning damage worldwide. Visit strike tape.com. And now your hosts, Alan Hall, Rosemary Barnes, Joel Saxon, and Yolanda Padron. Welcome to the Uptime Wind Energy Allen Hall: Podcast. I’m your host, Alan Hall, and I’m here with. Rosemary Barnes in Australia and Joel Saxon is down in Austin, Texas. Yolanda Padron is on holiday, and well, there’s been a lot happening in the past 24 hours as we’re recording this today. If you thought the battle over offshore wind was over based on some recent court cases, well think again. The Trump administration just dropped the hammer on five major offshore wind projects. Exciting. National security concerns. The Secretary of the Interior, Doug Bergham announced. The immediate pause affecting projects from Ted Eor, CIP and Dominion Energy. So Coastal [00:01:00] Virginia, offshore wind down in Virginia, right? Which is the one we thought was never gonna be touched. Uh, the Department of War claims classified reports show these giant turbines create radar interference that could blind America’s defenses. Half of vineyard winds, turbines are already up and running, producing power, by the way. Uh, and. I guess they, it sounds like from what I can see in more recent news articles that they turn the power off. They just shut the turbines off even though those turbines are fully functioning and delivering power to shore. Uh, so now the question is what happens? Where does this go? And I know Osted is royally upset about it, and Eor obviously along with them, why not? But the whole Denmark us, uh, relationship is going nuclear right now. Joel Saxum: I think here’s a, here’s a technical thing that a lot of people might not know. If you’re in the wind industry in the United States, you may know this. There’s a a few sites in the northern corner of Colorado that are right next to Nebraska, [00:02:00] and that is where there is a strategic military installations of subsurface, basically rocket launches and. And in that entire area, there is heavy radar presence to be able to make sure that we’re watching over these things and there are turbines hundreds of meters away from these launch sites at like, I’ve driven past them. Right? So that is a te to me, the, the radar argument is a technical mute point. Um, Alan, you and I have been kind of back and forth in Slack. Uh, you and I and the team here, Rosemary’s been in it too, like just kind of talking through. Of course none of us were happy. Right. But talking through some of the points of, of some of these things and it’s just like basically you can debunk almost every one of them and you get down to the level where it is a, what is the real reasoning here? It’s a tit for tat. Like someone doesn’t like offshore wind turbines. Is it a political, uh, move towards being able to strengthen other interests and energy or what? I don’t know. ’cause I can’t, I’m not sitting in the Oval Office, but. [00:03:00] At the end of the day, we need these electrons. And what you’re doing is, is, is you’re hindering national security or because national security is energy security is national security, my opinion, and a lot of people’s opinions, you’re hindering that going forward. Allen Hall: Well, let’s look at the defense argument at the minute, which is it’s, it’s somehow deterring, reducing the effectiveness of ground radars, protecting the shoreline. That is a bogus argument. There’s all kinds of objects out on the water right now. There’s a ton of ships out there. They’re constantly moving around. To know where a fixed object is out in the water is easy, easy, and it has been talked about for more than 15 years. If you go back and pull the information that exists on the internet today from the Department of Defense at the time, plus Department of Interior and everybody else, they’ve been looking at this forever. The only way these turbines get placed where they are is with approval from the Department of Defense. So it isn’t like it didn’t go through a review. It totally did. They’ve known about this for a long, long time. So now to bring up this [00:04:00] specious argument, like, well, all of a sudden the radar is a problem. No, no. It’s not anybody’s telling you it’s a classified. Piece of information that is also gonna be a bogus argument because what is going along with that are these arguments as well, the Defense Department or Department of War says it’s gonna cause interference or, or some degradation of some sort of national defense. Then the words used after it have nothing to do with that. It is, the turbines are ugly, the turbines are too tall. It may interfere, interfere with the whales, it may interfere with fishing, and I don’t like it. Or a, a gas pipeline could produce more power than the turbines can. That that has nothing to do with the core argument. If the core argument is, is some sort of defense related. Security issue, then say it because it, it can’t be that complicated. Now, if you, if you knew anything about the defense department and how it operates, and also the defenses around the United States, of which I know a little bit about, [00:05:00] having been in aerospace for 30 freaking years, I can tell you that there are all kinds of ways to detect all kinds of threats that are approaching our shoreline. Putting a wind turbine out there is not Joel Saxum: gonna stop it. So the, at the end of the day, there is a bunch, there’s like, there’s single, I call them metric and intrinsic, right? Metric being like, I can put data to this. There’s a point here, there’s numbers, whatever it may be. And intrinsic being, I don’t like them, they don’t look that good. A pipeline can supply more energy. Those things are not necessarily set in stone. They’re not black and white. They’re, they’re getting this gray emotional area instead of practical. Right. So, okay. What, what’s the outcome here? You do this, you say that we have radar issues. Do we do, does, does the offshore substation have a radar station on it for the military or, or what does that, what does that look like? Allen Hall: Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t, but if the threat is what I think it is, none of this matters. None of this matters. It’s already been discussed a hundred times with the defense [00:06:00] department and everybody else is knowledgeable in this, in this space. There is no way that they started planted turbines and approve them two, three years ago. If it was a national security risk, there is no chance that that happened. So it really is frustrating when you, when you know some of the things that go on behind the scenes and you know what, the technical rationales could be about a problem. And that’s not what’s being talked about right now that I don’t like being lied to. Like, if you want to have a, a political argument, have a political argument, and the, if the political argument is America wants Greenland from Denmark, then just freaking say it. Just say it. Don’t tie Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, new J, all, all these states up until this nonsense, Virginia, what are we doing? What are we doing? Because all those states approved all those projects knowing full well what the costs were, knowing how tall the turbines were, knowing how long it was gonna take to get it done, and they all approved them. This [00:07:00] is not done in a vacuum. These states approve these projects and these states are going to buy that power. Let them, you wanna put in a a, a big gas pipeline. Great. How many years is that gonna take, Doug? How many years is that gonna take? Doug Bergham? Does anybody know? He, he doesn’t know anything about that. Joel Saxum: You’re not getting a gas pipeline into the east coast anytime soon whatsoever. Because the, the east, the east coast is a home of Nimbyism. Allen Hall: Sure, sir. Like Massachusetts. It’s pretty much prohibited new gas pipelines for a long time. Okay. That’s their choice. That is their choice. They made that choice. Let them live with it. Why are you then trying to, to double dip? I don’t get it. I don’t get it. And, but I do think, Joel, I think the reason. This is getting to the level it is. It has to do something to do with Greenland. It has something to do with the Danish, um, uh, ambassador or whoever it was running to talk to, to California and Newsom about offshore tournaments. Like that was not a smart move, my opinion, but [00:08:00] I don’t run international relations with for Denmark. But stop poking one another and somebody’s gotta cut this off. The, the thing I think that the Trump administration is at risk at is that. Or instead, Ecuador has plenty of cash. They’re gonna go to court, and they are most likely going to win, and they’re going to really handcuff the Trump administration to do anything because when you throw bull crap in front of a judge and they smell it, the the pushback gets really strong. Well, they’re gonna force all the discussion about anything to do with offshore to go through a judge, and they’re gonna decide, and I don’t think that’s what the Trump administration wants, but that’s where they’re headed. I’m not sure why Joel Saxum: you’d wanna do that. Like at the end of the day, that may be the solution that has to come, but I don’t think that that’s not the right path either. Right? Because a judge is not an SME. A judge doesn’t know all of the, does the, you know, like a, a judge is a judge based on laws. They don’t, they’re, they’re not an offshore wind energy expert, so they sh that’s hard for them to [00:09:00] decide on. However, that’s where it will go. But I think you’re correct. Like this, this is more, this is a larger play and, and this mor so this morning when this rolled out, my WhatsApp, uh, and text messages just blew up from all of my. Danish friends, what is going on over there? I’m like, I don’t know what you want me to say. I’m not in the hopeful office. I can’t tell you what’s going on. I’m not having coffee in DC right now. I said, you know, but going back to it, like you can see the frustration, like, what, why, why is this the thing? And I think you’re right though, Alan, it is a large, there’s a larger political play in, in movement here of this Greenland, Denmark, these kind of things. And it’s a, it’s. It’s sad to see it ’cause it just gets caught. We’re getting caught in the crossfire as a wind industry. Yeah. It’s Allen Hall: not helping anybody. And when you set precedents like this, the other side takes note, right? So Democrats, when they eventually get back into the White House again, which will happen at some point, are gonna swing the pendulum just as hard and harder. So what are you [00:10:00] doing? None of, none of this matters in, in my opinion, especially if you, if you read Twitter today, you’re like, what the hell? All the things that are happening right now. RFK Jr had a post a few hours ago talking about, oh, this is great. We’re gonna shut off this off shore wind thing because it kills the whales. Sorry, it doesn’t. Sorry. It doesn’t, if you want, if you wanna make an argument about it, you have to do better than that. A Twitter post doesn’t make it fact, and everybody who’s listened to this and paying attention, I don’t want you to do your own research, but just know that you got a couple of engineers here, that that’s what we do for a living. We source through information, making sure that it makes sense. Does it align? Is it right? Is it wrong? Is, is there something to back it up with? And the information that we have here says. It is. It’s not hurting anything out there. You may not like them, but you know what? You don’t want a coal factor in your backyard either. Delamination and bottomline failures and blades are difficult problems to detect [00:11:00] early. These hidden issues can cost you millions in repairs and lost energy production. C-I-C-N-D-T are specialists to detect these critical flaws before they become expensive burdens. Their non-destructive test technology penetrates deep to blade materials to find voids and cracks. Traditional inspections completely. Miss C-I-C-N-D-T Maps. Every critical defect delivers actionable reports and provides support to get your blades back in service. So visit cic ndt.com because catching blade problems early will save you millions. Joel Saxum: When it comes down to sorting through data, I think that’s a big problem. Right? And that’s what’s happening with a lot of the, I mean, generalizing, a lot of the things that are happening in the United States in the last 10 years give it. Um, but people just go, oh, this person said this. They must be an authority. Like, no, it’s not true. We’ve been following [00:12:00] a lot of these things with offshore wind. I mean, probably closer than most. Uh, besides the companies that are developing those wind farms, simply because it’s a part of our day job, it’s what we do. We’re, we’re, we’re looking at these things, right? So. Understanding the risks, uh, rewards, the political side of things. The commercial side. The technical side. That’s what we’re here to kind of feed, feed the information back to the masses. And a lot of this, or the majority of all of this is bs. It doesn’t really, it doesn’t, it doesn’t play. Um, and then you go a little bit deeper into things and. Like the, was it the new Bedford Light, Alan, that said like, now they’re seeing that the turbines have actually been turned off, not just to stop work for construction. They’ve turned the turbines off up in Massachusetts or up off of in the northeast area? No, that they have. Allen Hall: And why? I mean, the error on the side of caution, I think if you’re an attorney for any of the wind operations, they’re gonna tell you to shut it off for a couple of days and see what we can figure out. But the, the timing of the [00:13:00] shutdown I think is a little unique in that the US is pretty much closed at this point. You’re not gonna see anything start back up for another couple of weeks, although they were doing work on the water. So you can impose a couple hundred million. Do, well, not a hundred million dollars, but maybe a couple million dollars of, of overhead costs in some of these projects because you can’t respond quick enough. You gotta find a judge willing to put a stay in to hold things the same and, and hold off this, uh, this, uh, b order, but. To me, you know, it’s one of those things when you deal with the federal government, you think the federal government is erratic in just this one area? No, it’s erratic in a lot of areas. And the frustration comes with do you want America to be stronger or do you want nonsense to go on? You know? And if I thought, if that thought wind turbines were killing whales, I’d be the first one up to screaming. If I thought offshore wind was not gonna work out in term, in some long-term model, I would be the first one screaming about it. That’s not Joel Saxum: reality. [00:14:00] Caveat that though you said, you’re saying if I thought, I think the, the real word should be if I did the research, the math and understood that this is the way it was gonna be. Right? Because that’s, that’s what you need to do. And that’s what we’ve been doing, is looking at it and the, the, all the data points to we’re good here. If someone wanted to do harm Allen Hall: to the United States, and God forbid if that was ever the case. That wouldn’t be the way to do it. Okay. And we, and we’ve seen that through history, right. So it, it’s, it doesn’t even make any sense. The problem is, is that they can shield a judge from looking at it somewhat. If they classify well, the judge isn’t able to see what this classified information is. In today’s world, AI and everything on the internet, you don’t think somebody knows something about this? I do. And to think that you couldn’t make any sort of software patch to. Fix whatever 1965 radar system they have sitting on the shorelines of Massachusetts. They could, in today’s world, you can do that. So this whole thing, it [00:15:00] just sounds like a smoke screen and when you start poking around it, no one has an answer. That is the frustrating bit. If you’re gonna be seeing stuff, you better have backup data. But the Joel Saxum: crazy thing here, like look at the, the, the non wind side of this argument, like you’re hurting job growth. Everybody that goes into a, uh. Into office. One of the biggest things they run on all the time, it doesn’t matter, matter where you are in the world, is I’m gonna bring jobs and prosperity to the people. Okay. How many jobs have just been stopped? How many people have just been sent home? How much money’s being lost here? And who’s one of the biggest companies installing these turbines in the states? Fricking ge like so. You’re, you’re hurting your own local people. And not only is this, you stand there and say, we’re doing all this stuff. We’re getting all this wind energy. We’re gonna do all these things and we’re gonna win the AI race. To the point where you’ve passed legislation or you’ve written, uh, uh, executive order that says, Hey, individual states, if you pass legislation [00:16:00] that slows or halts AI development in your state, the federal government can sue you. But you’re doing the same thing. You’re halting and slowing down the ability for AI and data centers to power themselves at unprecedented growth. We’re at here, 2, 3, 4, 5% depending on what, what iso you ask of, of electron need, and we’re the fastest way you could put electrons to the grid. Right now in the United States, it’s. Either one of those offshore wind farms is being built today, or one of the other offs, onshore wind farms or onshore solar facilities that are being built right now today. Those are the fastest ways to help the United States win the AI race, which is something that Trump has loud, left and right and center, but you’re actively like just hitting people in the shins with a baseball bat to to slow down. Energy growth. I, I just, it, it doesn’t make any logical sense. Allen Hall: And Rosemary just chime in here. We’ve had enough from the Americans complaining about it. Rosemary Barnes: Yeah. I mean, it’s hard for me to comment in too much detail about all of the [00:17:00] American security stuff. I mean, defense isn’t, isn’t one of my special interests and especially not American defense, but. When I talk about this issue with other Australians, it’s just sovereign risk is the, the issue. I mean, it was, it’s similar with the tariffs. It’s just like how, and it’s not just for like foreign companies that might want to invest in America. American companies are affected just, uh, as equally, but like you might be anti wind and fine. Um, but I don’t know how any. Company of any technology can have confidence to embark on a multi-year, um, project. Now, because you don’t know, like this government hates wind energy, but the next one could hate ai or the next one could hate solar panels, electric cars, or you know, just, just anything. And so like you just can’t. You just can’t trust, um, that your plans are gonna be able to be fulfilled even if you’ve got contracts, even if you’ve got [00:18:00] approvals, even if you are most of the way through building something, it’s not enough to feel safe anymore. And it’s just absolutely wild. That’s, and yeah, I was actually discussing with someone yesterday. How, and bearing in mind I don’t really understand American politics that deeply, but I’m gonna assume that Republicans are generally associated with being business friendly. So there must be so many long-term Republican donors who have businesses that have been harmed by all of these kinds of changes. And I just don’t understand how everyone is still behind this type of behavior. That’s what, that’s what I struggle to understand. Joel Saxum: This is the problem at the higher levels in. In DC their businesses are, are oil and gas based though. That’s the thing, the high, the high power conservative party side of things in the United States politics. The, the lobby money and the real money and the like, like think like the Dick Cheney era. Right. That was all Weatherford, right? It’s all oil and gas. Rosemary Barnes: So it’s not like anybody [00:19:00] cares about the, you know, I don’t know, like there’d be steel fabricators who have been massively affected by this. Right? Like that’s a good, a good traditional American business. Right. But are you saying it’s not big enough business that anyone would care that, that they’ve been screwed over? Joel Saxum: Not anymore Allen Hall: because all that’s being outsourced. The, the other argument, which Rosemary you touched upon is, is the one I’m seeing more recently on all kinds of social medias. It’s a bunch of foreign companies putting in these wind turbines. Well, who the hell Joel Saxum: is drilling your oil baby? This is something that I’ve always said. When you go go to Houston, Texas, the energy capital of the world, every one of those big companies, none of ’em are run by a Texan. They are all run by someone from overseas. Every one of ’em. Allen Hall: You, you think that, uh, you know, the Saudis are all, you know, great moral people. What the hell are you talking about? Are you starting to compare countries now? Because you really don’t wanna do that. If you wanna do that into the traditional energy marketplace, you’re, you’re gonna have [00:20:00] a lot of problems sleeping at night. You will, I would much rather trust a dane to put in a wind turbine or a German to put in a wind turbine than some of the people that are in, involved in oil and gas. Straight up. Straight up. Right. And we’ve known that for years. And we, we, we just play along, look. The fact of the matter is if you want to have electrons delivered quickly to the United States, you’re gonna have to do something, and that will be wind and solar because it is the fastest, cheapest way to get this stuff done. If you wanna try to plant some sort of gas pipeline from Louisiana up to Massachusetts or whatever the hell you wanna do, good luck. You know how many years you’re talking about here. In the meantime, all those people you, you think you care about are gonna be sitting there. With really high electricity rates and gas, gas, uh, rates, it’s just not gonna end well. Speaker 5: Australia’s wind farms are growing fast, but are your operations keeping up? Join us February 17th and [00:21:00] 18th at Melbourne’s Poolman on the park for Wind energy o and M Australia 2026, where you’ll connect with the experts solving real problems in maintenance asset management. And OEM relations. Walk away with practical strategies to cut costs and boost uptime that you can use the moment you’re back on site. Register now at W OM a 2020 six.com. Wind Energy o and m Australia is created by wind professionals for wind professionals because this industry needs solutions. Not speeches if Allen Hall: you don’t have enough on your plate already. Uh, the FCC has panned the import and sale of all new drone models from Chinese manufacturers, including the most popular of all in America, DJI, uh, and they clo. They currently hold about 70% of the global marketplace, the ban as DGI and Autel Robotics to the quote unquote covered list of entities deemed [00:22:00] a national security risk. Now here’s the catch. Existing models that are already approved for sale can still be purchased. So you can walk down to your local, uh, drone store and buy A DJI drone. And the ones you already own are totally fine, but the next generation. Not happening. They’re not gonna let ’em into the United States. So the wind industry heavily relies on drones. And, and Joel, you and I have seen a number of DJI, sort of handheld drones that are used on sites as sort of a quick check of the health of a, or status of a blade. Uh, you, you, I guess you will still be able to do that if you have an older dj. I. But if you try to buy a new one, good luck. Not gonna happen. Joel Saxum: Yeah. I think the most popular drone right now in the field, of course two of ’em, I would, I would say this, it’s like the Mavic type, you know, the little tiny one that like a site supervisor or a technician may have, they have their part 1 0 7 license. They can fly up and look at stuff. Uh, and then the [00:23:00] other one is gonna be the more industrial side. That’s gonna be the DJ IM 300. And that’s the one where a lot of these platforms, the perceptual robotics and some of the others have. That’s their base because the M 300 has, if you’re not in the, the development world, it has what’s called a pretty accessible SDK, which software development kit. So they’re designed to be able to add your sensors, put your software, and they’re fly ’em the way you want to. So they’re kind of like purpose built to be industrial drones. So if you have an M 300 or you’re using them now, what this I understand is you’re gonna still be able to do that, but when it comes time for next gen stuff, you’re not gonna be able to go buy the M 400. And import that. Like once it’s you’re here, you’re done. So I guess the way I would look at it is if I was an operator and that was part of our mo, or I was using a drone inspection provider, that that’s what comes on site. I would give people a plan. I would say basic to hedge your risk. I would say [00:24:00]basically like, Hey, if you’re my drone operator and I’m giving you a year to find a new solution. Um, that integrates into your workflows to get this thing outta here simply because I can’t be at risk that one day you show up, this thing crashes and I can’t get another one. A lot of companies are already like, they’re set and ready to go. Like all the new Skys specs, the Skys specs, foresight, drone, it’s all compliant, right? It’s USA made USA approved. Good to go. I think the new Arons drone is USA compliant. Good to go. Like, no, no issues there. So. Um, I think that some of the major players in the inspection world have already made their moves, um, to be able to be good USA compliant. Um, so just make sure you ask. I guess that’s, that. Our advice to operators here. Make sure you ask, make sure you’re on top of this one so you just don’t get caught with your pants down. Allen Hall: Yeah, I know there’s a lot of little drones in the back of pickup trucks around wind farms and you probably ought to check, talk to the guys about what’s going on to make sure that they’re all compliant. [00:25:00] In this quarter’s, PES Win magazine, which you can download for free@pswin.com. There is an article by Fran Hoffer, and they’re in Germany. If you don’t know who Fran Hoffer is, they’re sort of a research institution that is heavily involved in wind and fixing some of the problems, tackling some of the more complex, uh, issues that exist in blade repair. Turbine Repair Turbine Lifetime. And the article has a number of the highlights that they’ve been working on for the last several years, and you should really check this out, but looking at the accomplishments, Joel, it’s like, wow, fraud offer has been doing a lot behind the scenes and some of these technologies are, are really gonna be helpful in the near future. Joel Saxum: Yeah. Think of Frown Hoffer of your our US com compadres listening. Think of frown Hoffer as and NRE L, but. Not as connected to the federal government. Right. So, but, but more connected to [00:26:00] industry, I would say. So they’re solving industry problems directly. Right. Some of the people that they get funding research from is the OEMs, it’s other trade organizations within the group. They’re also going, they’re getting some support from the German federal government and the state governments. But also competitive research grants, so some EU DPR type stuff, um, and then some funding from private foundations and donors. But when you look at Frow, offerer, it’s a different project every time you talk to ’em. But, and what I like to see is the fact that these projects that they’re doing. Are actually solving real world problems. I, I, I, Alan and I talk about this regularly on the podcast is we have an issue with government funding or supportive funding or even grant funding or competitive funding going to in universities, institutions, well, whoever it may be, to develop stuff that’s either like already developed, doesn’t really have a commercial use, like, doesn’t forward the industry. But Frow Hoffer’s projects are right. So like one of the, they, they have [00:27:00] like the large bearing laboratory, so they’re test, they’ve tested over 500 pitch bearings over in Hamburg. They’re developing a handheld cure monitoring device that can basically tell you when resin has cured it, send you an email like you said, Alan, in case you’re like taking a nap on the ropes or something. Um, but you know, and they’re working on problems that are plaguing the industry, like, uh, up working on up towel repairs for carbon fiber, spar caps. Huge issue in the industry. Wildly expensive issue. Normally RA blade’s being taken down to the ground to fix these now. So they’re working on some UPT tile repairs for that. So they’re doing stuff that really is forwarding the industry and I love to see that. Allen Hall: Yeah. It’s one of the resources that. We in the United States don’t really take advantage of all the time. And yeah, and there’s a lot of the issues that we see around the world that if you were able to call f Hoffer, you should think about calling them, uh, and get their opinion on it. They probably have a solution or have heard of the problem before and can direct you to, uh, uh, a reasonable outcome. [00:28:00] That’s what these organizations are for. There’s a couple of ’em around the world. DTU being another one, frow Hoffer, obviously, uh, being another powerhouse there. That’s how the industry moves forward. It, it doesn’t move forward when all of us are struggling to get through these things. We need to have a couple of focal points in the industry that can spend some research time on problems that matter. And, and Joel, I, I think that’s really the key here. Like you mentioned it, just focusing on problems that we are having today and get through them so we can make the industry. Just a little bit better. So you should check out PES WIN Magazine. You can read this article and a number of other great articles. Go to ps win.com and download your articles today. That wraps up another episode of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. Thanks for joining us and we appreciate all the feedback and support we receive from the wind industry. If today’s discussion sparked any question or ideas, we’d love to hear from you. Just reach out to us on LinkedIn and please don’t forget to subscribe so you [00:29:00] never miss an episode For Joel, Rosemary and Yolanda, I’m a hall. We’ll catch you next week on the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast.

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Sollten wir noch stärker auf Solarenergie setzen? Oder überschätzen wir das Potenzial der Sonne für die Stromerzeugung? Über den richtigen Kurs bei der Energiewende wird aktuell wieder gestritten. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Solarenergie. Mehr über die Arbeit unseres Gesprächspartners Dr. Klaus Jäger vom Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) erfahrt ihr hier. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-solarenergie

Gesunde Böden sind essenziell für uns Menschen, die Umwelt, das Klima und die Wirtschaft. Doch lange gab es in der EU keinen systematischen Bodenschutz — unsere Böden sind in einem schlechten Gesundheitszustand. Die Bodenüberwachungsrichtlinie nimmt nun erstmals EU-weit die Bodengesundheit in den Blick. Hier gibt’s weitere Informationen zum systemischen Bodenmodell „Bodium“ sowie zum kostenfreien Modellwerkzeug „Bodium4Farmers“, das ab dem 15. Dezember 2025 frei verfügbar sein wird. Und mehr über die Arbeit des Departments Bodensystemforschung am UFZ erfahrt ihr hier. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-bodenschutz

Wie fängt man die Kunst eines großen Kulturraumes über einen Zeitraum von 100 Jahren ein? Was wählt man aus? Der neue Band der Reihe „Handbuch zur Geschichte der Kunst in Ostmitteleuropa“ unternimmt den Versuch einer Kanonisierung für die Zeit zwischen Renaissance und Barock. Mehr über die bislang fünf Bände der Reihe „Handbuch zur Geschichte der Kunst in Ostmitteleuropa“ erfahrt ihr hier: www.leibniz-gwzo.de/de/vermittlung/wissenstransfer/wissen-die-welt-tragen/handbuch-kunst Und direkt zum neuen Band „Von der Renaissance zum Barock (1570–1670)“ kommt ihr hier: www.deutscherkunstverlag.de/de/books/9783422069626 >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-kunst-in-ostmitteleuropa

Das Meer als Rohstoffquelle, Lebensraum und politischer Raum: Prof. Surabhi Ranganathan untersucht, wie internationales Seerecht unsere Nutzung der Meere prägt und welche Visionen dabei überhört werden. Surabhi Ranganathan erhält den Max-Planck-Humboldt-Forschungspreis 2025 – hier geht’s zur Pressemitteilung. Lesenswert ist außerdem das Porträt über Prof. Ranganathan und ihre Forschung, das im Magazin „Köpfe und Ideen 2023“ des Wissenschaftskollegs zu Berlin erschienen ist. Und wenn ihr noch mehr über die Geheimnisse der Tiefsee erfahren wollt, hört doch gern die Folge von „Die großen Fragen der Wissenschaft“ mit der Meeresforscherin Antje Boetius. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-internationales-seerecht

Serotonin ist als „Glückshormon“ bekannt. Dabei ist der Botenstoff eigentlich kein Hormon und kann außerdem noch viel mehr, als auschließlich unser Glücksgefühl zu beeinflussen. Erst allmählich entdeckt die Wissenschaft, was Serotonin alles kann. Das weckt Hoffnungen, Krankheiten künftig gezielter therapieren zu können. Mehr über die Arbeit unseres Gesprächspartners Prof. Michael Bader am Max Delbrück Center erfahrt ihr hier. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-serotonin

Die Forschungsplattform AgraSim am Forschungszentrum Jülich simuliert zukünftige Klimaszenarien, um die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf Pflanzen und Boden zu untersuchen. Ziel ist es, Strategien für eine nachhaltige und resiliente Landwirtschaft zu entwickeln. Mehr Infos zu AgraSim gibt es auf der Webseite zur Forschungsplattform und im AgraSim-Onlinefeature des Forschungszentrums Jülich. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-agrasim

Computer, Smartphones und Smartwatches verraten mehr, als wir denken. Auch ohne die Software zu hacken, können Profis aus winzigen Veränderungen in Stromverbrauch oder Rechenzeit geheime Informationen ableiten. Diese Side-Channel-Angriffe machen Physik zur Sicherheitslücke. Hier gehts lang zur Folge über Post-Quanten-Kryptografie: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-post-quanten-kryptografie >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/politik/forschungsquartett-side-channel-angriffe

Im südlichen Afrika haben Millionen Menschen keinen oder nur eingeschränkten Zugang zu sauberer Energie. Die Initiative „GreenQUEST“ will das ändern. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-gruener-haushaltsbrennstoff

Immer häufiger testet Russland die NATO. Wäre Deutschland auf einen Konflikt vorbereitet, sowohl militärisch als auch im zivilen Bereich? Das untersucht ein neues Buch, das den Ernstfall detailliert durchspielt. Zum Buch „Deutschland im Ernstfall“ unseres Gesprächspartners Ferdinand Gehringer und seines Co-Autors Johannes Steger kommt ihr hier. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-zivilschutz

Viele Werke und Biografien von Musikern, die während des NS-Regimes verfolgt und ermordet wurden, sind noch nicht hinreichend erforscht. Ein Langzeitprojekt will das jetzt ändern und damit auch ein Stück Musikgeschichte korrigieren. Weitere Informationen zum Langzeitvorhaben „NS-Verfolgung und Musikgeschichte“ findet ihr hier. Und die „Forschungsquartett“-Folge über das Zusammenwirken von Künstlicher Intelligenz und klassischer Musik könnt ihr hier anhören. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-ns-verfolgung-und-musikgeschichte

Send us a textLive from SLAS Europe 2025 in Hamburg, host Emily Yamasaki, PhD, speaks with Lukas Gaats, MBA, MSc, CEO of mo:re (Modern Research) who is a winner of the SLAS Europe 2025 New Product Award. Based in Hamburg, mo:re is revolutionizing 3D cell culture automation with a modular, biology-first platform designed for organoids, spheroids, and tumor models.Lukas shares his journey from academia (studying regenerative medicine and bioprinting in Australia) to founding mo:re after identifying the need for standardized, reproducible 3D cell cultures. Frustrated by the variability in manual techniques, the company developed a modular robotic system that integrates hardware, software and wetware (biology protocols). The MO:BOT is a user-friendly robotic and software platform that sets a new benchmark for medical research studies. It utilizes automation and AI to enhance cell survival and consistency, even in long-term studies, resulting in improved traceability and reproducibility for research and regulatory purposes.Learn more about mo:re by visiting:more.scienceKey Highlights:SLAS Innovation AveNEW Roots: mo:re's 2023 debut as a prototype evolved into a commercialized platform, now backed by seed funding.FDA's Animal Testing Phase-Out: Lukas discusses how this regulatory shift boosts demand for human-relevant 3D models.Hamburg's Biotech Scene: An emerging hub with talent from EMBL and Fraunhofer, though still nascent for startups.Stay connected with SLAS:www.slas.orgFacebookXLinkedInInstagramYouTubeAbout SLASSLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) is an international professional society of academic, industry and government life sciences researchers and the developers and providers of laboratory automation technology. The SLAS mission is to bring together researchers in academia, industry and government to advance life sciences discovery and technology via education, knowledge exchange and globalSLAS2026 International Conference & Exhibition February 7-11, 2026 Boston, MA SLAS Europe 2026 Conference and Exhibition 19-21 May 2026 Vienna, Austria View the full events calendar

Was wir schön finden, ist nicht nur eine Frage des Geschmacks, sondern auch eine Frage der Genetik. Darüber hinaus spiegelt Schönheit auch Machtverhältnisse wider. Wenn euch interessiert, welche Rolle Schönheit in der Wissenschaft noch spielt, dann schaut gerne auch in das Wissenschaftsmagazin der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. Die neue Ausgabe der „MaxPlanckForschung“ könnt ihr hier online abrufen. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/forschungsquartett-schoenheit-in-der-wissenschaft

The Clean Power Hour LIVE is back with the latest in solar, wind, and storage. Tim Montague and John Weaver dive into the most important stories shaping clean energy today. The hosts also discuss their upcoming RE+ booth visits, hardware purchasing strategies, and the evolving landscape of energy consultancy beyond traditional solar installation.Episode HighlightsGerman researchers at Fraunhofer develop aesthetic solar facades with 80% efficiency for building-integrated PV (Interesting Engineering).China launches the world's largest perovskite project, a 5 MW demonstration plant pushing tandem solar forward (Perovskite-Info).Ørsted tests drone deliveries for offshore wind farms, moving equipment and supplies 75 miles offshore (Renews Biz).New ultra-low-cost underground battery solution priced at $53/kWh unveiled in Shanghai, sparking industry discussion (Energy Storage News).T1 Energy, formerly FREYR, sells out 2025 solar module capacity after a 437 MW deal, signaling strong US demand (Taiyang News).Fraunhofer ISC establishes a US TopCon solar cell pilot line, targeting a 4 GW factory in Houston (Solar Global).New Mexico utility chooses distributed batteries over gas peakers, retrofitting storage into existing PV sites (Energy Storage News).Understanding FEOC compliance: layers of verification create an “onion” of complexity for tax credit financing (PV Magazine). Support the showConnect with Tim Clean Power Hour Clean Power Hour on YouTubeTim on TwitterTim on LinkedIn Email tim@cleanpowerhour.com Review Clean Power Hour on Apple PodcastsThe Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Contact us by email: CleanPowerHour@gmail.com Corporate sponsors who share our mission to speed the energy transition are invited to check out https://www.cleanpowerhour.com/support/The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America's number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems. Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com