Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Brendel
Solar energy
10 April 2025, 6:30 pm | VHS
Increasing demand for energy, limited resources and climate change – in 2025, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s Science Year is dedicated to the topic “Energy of the Future” and asks the following question: What types of energy will we use in future? At Leibniz University Hannover, researchers are working across disciplines on solutions for the energy transition, including within the key research area Energy Research. In Science Year 2025, the university invites members of the public to attend a variety of events where they can learn more about the research currently underway, reflect on developments in economic and societal perspectives, and enter into discussion on the energy of the future.
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Nuclear fusion – The energy of the stars on earth
Leibniz Campus Lecture
Wednesday, 12 February 2025, 6:00 pm
Atrium of the main LUH building
(“Lichthof”, Welfengarten 1)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Klinger, scientific director of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment and a director at the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, explains the challenges of nuclear fusion and discusses the construction of the Wendelstein 7-X device.
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MPI für Plasmaphysik, Jan Michael Hosan
No risk?! — Between risk and trust in the storage of radioactive waste
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VolkswagenStiftung/Isabel Winarsch
Herrenhausen Late
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 8:30 pm
Xplanatorium Herrenhausen (Alte Herrenhäuser Straße 5)
The Herrenhausen Late event series is a collaboration between the Volkswagen Foundation and Leibniz University Hannover. The speakers in March are Prof. Dr. Clemens Walther and Dr. Wolfgang Schulz of the Institute of Radioecology and Radiation Protection at LUH.
Energy through science – Energy research for the city of tomorrow
Lecture series in cooperation with Volkshochschule Hannover
April to December
Alternating lectures at LUH and VHS
In nine talks, the speakers will demonstrate how LUH’s energy research can contribute to climate-friendly development and the energy transition in the city. The topics include solar and wind energy, electromobility, hydrogen, energy systems and aviation.
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LUH/Sören Pinsdorf
Green Powered City – LUH on the MS Wissenschaft exhibition ship
May–September
Stops across the country, including in Hannover
(Mittellandkanal, 30 May–3 June 2025)
MS Wissenschaft is a floating science centre commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to travel throughout Germany – packed with exhibits related to the Science Year. In 2025, an LUH exhibit is on board: the miniature “green powered city” from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science invites visitors to immerse themselves in the future of energy. It shows which possibilities exist for producing, storing and using renewable energies in the city.
A Night Out with Science (Die Nacht, die Wissen schafft)
Saturday, 8 November 2025, 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
Leibniz University Hannover
What do researchers at Leibniz University Hannover do? At A Night Out with Science, various departments, faculties and institutes will provide a look behind the scenes via talks, tours, experiments, exhibitions and activities where visitors can take part. Numerous topics related to energy research will also be presented.
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Sören Pinsdorf/LUH
Event information – Newsletter
The Communications and Marketing events newsletter provides periodic information (in German) about the science communication events put on by Leibniz University Hannover.
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