They did it!

For the first time, the PPRE staff team was beaten by a students’ team at the annual PPRE Challenge. 

SuRE student shares his offshore experience

Senior SuRE-Student David Londono Ochoa from Colombia is sharing his offshore experience gained during thesis placement of OREO in Germany.

“Greater cooperation is what we want.”

Supported by Green People’s Energy, the Ghanaian University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) and the University of Oldenburg (UOL) formed a…

A farewell to the beloved PPRE excursion destination

In July, our SuRE students visited the Brunnsteinhütte in Karwendel. Since 2010, about 25 international students have went there together with Hans…

Energy Systems Stability 2040 and Beyond

Four of our current SuRE students, Yovitza Romero, Sayed Abdullah Abu, Temuulen Purevdorj, and Asnin Nur Salamah, visited the techno-Economic Forum at…

Experience Report: SuRE Students at Tennet Transformer Substation

Three of our SuRE (2022-24) students, Yovitza Romero, Sayed Abdullah Abu, Chen Tzu-Hsien, visited the Tennet Transformer Substation and share their…

DAAD's regional gathering on 1st/2nd of July 2023 in Berlin

Some of our PPRE DAAD scholars joined the DAAD’s regional gathering in Berlin.

New PPRE Staff members

Dr. Tanja Behrendt has happily re-joined the PPRE team after a five-years break, and Astrid Bohemann has newly joined the PPRE team in the areas of…

Joint Project: Open Source Datalogger

Dedan Kimathi University / Centre for Biomass Energy Studies in Kenya and University of Oldenburg / Postgraduate Programme Renewable Energy in Germany…

SuRE Students Awarded Research Grant on Micro-Grid Application to Hurricane Maria’s Relief Effort

Margo Stokebrand from the United States (SuRE 22/24) & Abdullah Abu Sayed from Bangladesh (SuRE 22/24) awarded University Forschen’s “Crisis-proof?!”…

PPRE Excursion 2023: a network between the academia, industry, and government

PPRE excursion is one of the most valuable activities included in the SuRE master program, what all new students await eagerly each and every year…

University’s climate action concept published – foundation stone towards climate neutrality 2030

After referral to the Senate, the Executive Board adopted the climate protection concept for the University of Oldenburg in November 2022. This is…

Hybrid Teaching in PPRE

As part of a DAAD-funded project between November 2020 and December 2022, the PPRE team had the chance to develop and evaluate different teaching…

Graduation Ceremony of PPRE 20/22 Batch

The graduation ceremony of PPRE 20/22 batch was held on 9th December 2022 at BIS SAAL of Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg.

The Climate Fresk: A workshop to understand mechanisms of climate change

Titouan Janod, exchange student from France, is following SuRE/EMRE courses and organised a 5-people 3-hour workshop to understand better scientific…

EMRE-Student presenting at 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference (EFMC-14)

Jigar Shah from India (EUREC 2019-20) presented findings of his ongoing MSc-research “Numerical simulation of ice accretion on rotating, coated…

PPRE represented at EuroSun2022

Swanand Tadlimbekar (PPRE 2019-21) represented PPRE at the Eurosun 2022 for poster presentation on the topic "Upgradation of Khoa Production method in…

EUREC celebrates 20 years of the European Master in Renewable Energy

On 7 October, EUREC celebrated 20 years of the European Master in Renewable Energy! Since 2002, the EMRE partnering universities have taught more than…

SuRE and EMRE Welcome Excursion

In October, the new SuRE and EMRE students took part in a visit to some renewable energy facilities around north-west Germany. Héctor Álvarez González…

SuRE Excursion across Germany

After two years of online excursions, we, the press and communication team, Lubna Albashir from Sudan (SuRE batch 21-23) and Timo Hülsmann from…

PPRE Challenge 2022

Reigning Volleyball Champions Defend Title.

Written by Muktaparna Boruah (PPRE 2020-22)

Shrouded Turbine Optimization for Low Wind Speed Sites

Hazem Abdelrahman (SuRE Batch 21-23) from Egypt is participating as a presenter of a paper in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Turbo Expo…

Near carbon neutral wedding event in Odisha

Tribikram Mishra from India (EMRE 2020-21) co-organized a near carbon neutral event along with renewable and sustainable enthusiasts of Odisha, India…

Mini Grids and Rural Electrification in the Global South: Concepts, Tools and their Contribution to a Resilient Energy Supply

An online seminar on the concepts, tools and the contribution of mini-grids and rural electrification was conducted from 20th to 24th September 2021.…

EUREC Masters Welcome Day 2021

On 8th October 2021, EUREC hold the Masters Welcome Day in Brüssel, which our new EMRE students attended as well.

Finally Graduated – a Pandemian Rhapsody

On 10^th of December 2021, the batches 18/20 and 19/21 celebrated their graduation together. The ceremony, which succeeded to maneuver through the…

PPRE Digital – Best Practice Example

PPRE staff innovates in Uni Oldenburg with a project to transition into Hybrid Learning.

Team Building Wattwanderung

PPRE Staff enjoyed one of Germany’s World Natural Heritage as a nice team building experience.

UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) Experience Report

Binura Perera (Sri Lanka, PPRE 2020-22) attended the UN Climate Conference held in Glasgow in November 2021 as a member of the climate specialist…

Solar World Congress 2021 - Master's Course in Solar Energy

Surangi Lakmini Wanninayaka from Sri Lanka (PPRE 2020-22) co-presented at the Closing Ceremony of Solar World Congress (SWC) 2021 and attended the…

PPRE at OFF-GRID Expo + Conference 2021, Augsburg

A group of PPRE students along with Andreas Günther and Hans Holtorf travelled to Augsburg to attend the OFF-GRID Expo + Conference (OEC) which was…

The New SuRE and EMRE Batch 2021

In October 2021, we welcomed 21 new SuRE and 12 new EMRE students to Oldenburg. Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the students started with a hybrid…

DAAD Alumni Seminar: Mini Grids and Rural Electrification in the Global South

We are happy to announce our DAAD Alumni Online Seminar Mini Grids and Rural Electrification in the Global South: Concepts, Tools and their…

New PPRE-Staff - 2

Elzbieta (Ela) Chojnowski, another PPRE colleague, takes the opportunity to introduce herself.

PPRE-Graduate won regional price for his MSc-thesis

In 2020, PPRE-alumni Adrian Grimm (PPRE 18/20) applied for 'Schlaue-Köpfe-Weser-Ems'-award with his MSc-thesis titled "Deduction of Emissions-,…

The Future Living Sustainability Conference 2021

Swanand Tadlimbekar from India (PPRE 2019-21) was invited to take part in Sustainability conference organised by The Future Living, which took place…

Practical Experiences gained in Battery Energy Solutions Systems during PPRE-Studies

Sameer Sharma (PPRE 18/20) from India together with Tarikua Mekashaw (PPRE 17/19), Ana Fonseca (PPRE 17/19), Apoorv Pareek (PPRE 16/18) and also Muham…

First-ever Virtual Excursion 2021 in an era of digitalisation

Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the concept of a virtual excursion was developed for the first time in PPRE history where 2019-21 and 2020-22 batches…

New PPRE-Staff

Since May 2021, Jasmin Rehmeier is replacing Sandra Schwerz in the PPRE-Office to support the PPRE administration. After 4 years of fruitful and very…

Mini-Grids in the Global South - Planning, Implementation and Future Perspectives

The team of the Postgraduate Programme Renewable Energy (PPRE) from University of Oldenburg together with some of the students organized an online…

New staff member in PPRE

Dr. Martin Knipper joined the PPRE Team in March 2021. He feels at home in various regenerative energy technologies and their principles as well as in…

PPRE goes SuRE in October 2021

The “PPRE” master degree will become M. Sc. in Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies (SuRE). However, It is the same master degree programme and…

Alumni Network Subsahara Africa (ANSA)

Samuel Cudjoe from Ghana (PPRE 2019-21 student) is sharing his experience gained at  ANSA annual conference in 20020 at Passau, Germany.
ANSA is an…

Research and education driving the energy transition in the North

Last month University of Groningen and Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg have renewed their partnership, which started 40 years ago.…

International Association for Solar Energy Education - IASEE

As initiator and founder of the International Association for Solar Energy Education (IASEE) - ISES Working Group on Education former PPRE-Staff Dr.…

PPRE / EMRE - Incomings winter term 2020/21

A new semester begins and with it a new batch of PPRE and EMRE students comes. 2020 will be a year that will remain in history, as a year of…

PPRE Excursion 2020 – Rescheduled

The yearly xxcursion of the PPRE for 2020 was postponed due to COVID-19. The original plan was for a trip to visit various RE institutes in Germany by…

International Online Seminar: Mini-Grids in the Global South

We are happy to announce the first International Online Seminar „Mini-Grids in the Global South“, starting on 20 November 2020.

EMRE 2018-19 - MSc-projects

List of recent MSc-thesis projects from EMRE-students (2018-2019)

How I spent my COVID-19 lockdown

Ms. Obiakor Chioma from Nigeria (PPRE 2018) is reporting about how she made use of the lockdown due to Covid-19 by providing an online lecture course…