ABSTRACT

Germany has helped fund energy research across the following fields: 1

Fossil energy and power plant technology (extraction and refinement of coal and other fossil energy sources, firing technology, coal liquefaction and gasification, etc.).

Nuclear technology (reactor safety, storage of radioactive waste, etc.).

Nuclear fusion.

Renewables and energy efficiency (the photovoltaics, wind power, biomass, geothermal, fuel cells, energy-saving industrial processes, heat storage, etc.).