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// ZSW Annual Report 2025: “From the Microscope to the Megawatt”

The focus is on developments in hydrogen and fuel cell technology, battery research, photovoltaics, wind energy, as well as materials development and analytics.

Examples of topics covered in the 2025 Annual Report include:

  • the transfer of new technologies from the laboratory scale toward practical application
  • the importance of materials and analytics as the foundation of modern energy systems
  • the use of modern research infrastructures for industry-oriented development
  • developments in the fields of photovoltaics and wind energy
  • advances in key technologies such as electrolysis, fuel cells, and batteries

The 2025 Focus Report, “Between Microscope and Megawatt,” delves particularly deeply into how closely the smallest material structures and large-scale energy systems are interconnected.

The complete 2025 annual report is now available for download.

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