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Welcome to the Centre for Renewable Energy

The Centre for Renewable Energy is an interdisciplinary and cross-faculty center of the University of Freiburg. The ZEE acts as a central scientific facility; it brings together scientific institutions within the university that engage in renewable energy problems in research and education, as well as forming cooperation agreements with institutions from outside the university in the areas of research, education, and advanced training.

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Mission, Vision and Values

ZEE as an interdisciplinary and cross-faculty center, serves as the platform for co-operation between university and other institutions; focusing on research, education, and advanced training in renewable energy problems.

Working Paper and Publications

The ZEE initiated its work on a series of working papers and publications. The primary objective of these papers is to stimulate discussion in the field of sustainable energy in Europe as well as on a global scale.

Projects and Partnerships

The ZEE cross-links partners applied fundamental research in the fields of solar energy, biomass, geothermal energy, energy efficiency and new energies with regards to practical research and development.

New at ZEE

By admin05/10/2010

Mr. Dr. Ramchandra Bhandari (Nepali citizen) started on 1st October 2010 his position at the ZEE. His PhD about the “Role of Grids for Electricity and Water Supply with Decreasing Costs for Solar Photovoltaics” was supported by a BMBF scholarship and he recently got the academic graduation at theUniversity of Kassel with an excellent result. Mrs. Regine Nitz works since

Study: “Adding Local Value through Renewable Energy”, Sept. 2010

By admin23/09/2010

The current study of the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) was developed in colaboration with the Centre for Renewable Energy (ZEE). as PDF-File (only in German available)