"HyStarter": First ideas for a climate-neutral business park Campus Feuchtwangen hosts second strategy meeting for Zweckverband Interfranken After the kick-off for the federal initiative "HyStarter" of the Zweckverband Interfranken in May in Wörnitz, the second strategy meeting has now taken place at our campus in Feuchtwangen. The plan is to establish a climate-neutral business park at the A6/ A7 Feuchtwangen Crailsheim interchange. Under the leadership of Feuchtwangen's mayor Partrick Ruh as Zweckverband chairman, energy experts, company representatives, local politicians & representatives of our campus met to gather initial ideas. The topics were, for example, already existing sustainable [...]

Faces at Campus Feuchtwangen Guest lecturers for Smart Energy Systems: Dr. Rainer Saliger and Dipl.-Ing. Michael Dams share their practical experience with students Dr. Rainer Saliger Dr. Rainer Saliger studied physics at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, specializing in energy technology, and subsequently completed his doctorate in the field of energy storage. Since 2016, he has been a project developer for decentralized energy systems and Principal Key Expert for energy storage solutions at Siemens AG. His tasks include implementing holistic energy supply concepts consisting of self-generation and storage systems together with customers. In this context, hydrogen supply concepts [...]

Chilli sin Carne, coffee and cold drinks Studentenwerk Erlangen-Nürnberg visits Feuchtwangen A hot lunch between lectures is something that students at Ansbach University have been enjoying ever since the Studentenwerk Erlangen-Nürnberg moved into the cafeteria on campus. Last Wednesday, students from Feuchtwangen were also given a taste in the form of Chilli sin Carne during a visit to the Student Union. In addition, a coffee machine and a refrigerator for cold drinks can now be found near the lecture halls in the Bayerische Bauakademie, which students can use to quiet their thirst or recharge their batteries after getting [...]

From the solar cell to system planning Experiments in the photovoltaics laboratory and insights into practical application From May 30 to June 3, the block week for the summer semester 2022 took place again at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. Apart from the usual lectures, the students take part in case studies, business games or excursions during this time. Students from the bachelor's degree program in Applied Engineering as well as from the master's degree program in Smart Energy Systems spent a whole week intensively dealing with the topic of photovoltaics in the Photovoltaics Engineering course taught by [...]

Blueprint for the energy future in Germany Smart Energy Systems Students Explore the WUNsiedler Way On May 18, the Smart Energy Systems students of Feuchtwangen set off on an excursion to the Fichtelgebirge. Stopping in Käferbach and Ansbach, the students went to the Franconian town of Wunsiedel. As part of the lecture "Virtual Power Plants", the energy park of the Wunsiedel municipal utility was visited. For several years now, the park has been focusing on the consistent use and expansion of renewable energies and sustainable technologies: solar and wind energy, wood and residual materials as renewable raw [...]