Kick-off for VERNEDCT rese­arch pro­ject

Carl Zeiss Foun­da­ti­on Pro­gram Mana­ger Dr. Kar­la Hil­le­rich (left) and Pro­ject Mana­ger Prof. Dr. Dirk Wes­ter­mann (2nd from left) with other pro­ject mem­bers

The offi­ci­al kick-off of the rese­arch pro­ject with its inter­na­tio­nal team took place on June 19, 2024 as part of a net­wor­king event orga­ni­zed by the Carl Zeiss Foun­da­ti­on.

The Carl Zeiss Foun­da­ti­on regu­lar­ly orga­ni­zes net­wor­king events at the various fun­ding reci­pi­ents. This year we took the oppor­tu­ni­ty to offi­ci­al­ly open our rese­arch pro­ject “Resour­ce-effi­ci­ent ener­gy dis­tri­bu­ti­on net­work using DC tech­no­lo­gy Ver­neDCt”.

During the gui­ded tours offe­red, the par­ti­ci­pan­ts had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to see the labo­ra­to­ries of the Thu­rin­gi­an Ener­gy Rese­arch Insti­tu­te and, in par­ti­cu­lar, the enti­re pro­cess chain: from “ener­gy gene­ra­ti­on” at our char­ging park to the “test stand” in our machi­ne hall and “con­trol and manage­ment of ener­gy dis­tri­bu­ti­on” in our dyna­mic con­trol room.

Six groups with around 20 employees are invol­ved in the pro­ject. A sepa­ra­te room with 10 work­sta­tions has been crea­ted for inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry col­la­bo­ra­ti­on. The pro­ject will run until 2029 and is being fun­ded with around 5 mil­li­on Euros.