North German Science Prize
North German Science Prize
North German science award for wind energy research network
Oldenburg. Great success for the "Wind Energy Research Network": The 2014 North German Science Award goes to ForWind, the Centre for Wind Energy Research at the Universities of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen, as well as the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
Lower Saxony's Minister for Science and Culture, Gabriele Heinen-Kljajić, presented the 50,000 euro prize on 28 November 2014 during a ceremony in Hanover's Old Town Hall.
At the award ceremony, Minister Heinen-Kljajić emphasised the extraordinarily innovative work of the researchers involved: "The Wind Energy Research Network is working, for example, on the rotor blades of the future, which will make large wind turbines as efficient and quiet as possible. The research alliance is thus making an outstanding contribution to the success of the energy transition". According to the Minister, she is certain that the alliance will continue to make powerful advances in wind energy research in the future.
[04.12.14]