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02.11.2026

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Podcast: Batteries are undermining dominance of gas-fired power plants

What will happen to the electricity market when 20 gigawatts of additional battery storage comes to the grid? Leonhard Gandhi...

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27.10.2026

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Podcast: The oil industry’s death throes have begun

The fossil fuel industry is undermining our energy transition. And some politicians and media outlets are going along with it....

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19.10.2026

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Podcast: Home Storage Becomes an Electricity Supplier

A PV storage system that draws electricity from the grid at night, deliberately leaves room for solar power at midday,...

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12.10.2026

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Podcast: DANGER from Used Batteries

In many households, old cell phones, power banks, and rechargeable batteries lie unused in drawers. But are these old batteries...

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05.10.2026

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Podcast: Who’s really profiting from the electric car boom?

When we talk about electric cars, the conversation usually centers on Tesla, BMW, or the new Chinese brands. Yet, surprisingly...

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29.09.2026

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From the classroom to the battery lab

Today, we welcomed a group of students from Friedrich-List-Schule Ulm, together with international Erasmus students from Norway, Estonia and Italy,...

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28.09.2026

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Podcast: Has India Reached Its Energy Transition Goal 5 YEARS EARLY?

Today we’re taking a look at a country that’s charting its own unique course when it comes to the energy...

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22.09.2026

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MagBatt VI × ELLIPSE: Three days of exchange on the future of post-lithium batteries

Around 120 researchers and industry representatives from across the world gathered in Ulm for three days of scientific exchange, discussion...

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21.07.2026

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POLiS Spokesperson Prof. Dr. Birgit Esser receives Science Prize

The city of Ulm has recognised Prof. Dr. Birgit Essers' scientific excellence with the 2026 Science Prize, which was formally...

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25.05.2026

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Open Call: POLiS Award of Excellence

The POLiS Award of Excellence for Female Researchers is given annually to an outstanding female early and mid-career researcher working...

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12.05.2026

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Kick-Off Meeting Sodium

Last but not least, we had the pleasure of hosting the biggest of all our Kick-Offs! For the Kick-Off Meeting...

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11.05.2026

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Kick-Off Meeting Potassium

Another week, another Kick-Off! Today, we hosted again more than 40 researchers from Ulm University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)...

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