Getting closer to the energy storage systems of tomorrow

Blick auf die Erweiterungsbauten des Zentrums für Energie und Umweltchemie (CEEC Jena). Foto: Jens Meyer (Universität Jena) Research into the batteries or energy storage systems of the future is one of the focal points of Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. Since the innovative ideas had run out of space, additional buildings became necessary. For two extensions of the Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry (CEEC Jena) topping-out ceremony could be celebrated today. For about a year now, the two new research buildings CEEC Jena II and the CEEC Jena Application Center (AWZ CEEC Jena) have been constructed by the university as the building owner - despite the corona pandemic within the planned time frame. The approx. 54 million euro project is financed by the federal and state governments with funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and with support from the Ernst Abbe Foundation, the Carl Zeiss Foundation and the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. On a total of 4,000 square meters of main floor space, interfaculty buildings of the University of Jena are being built, where researchers from chemistry, materials and geosciences will work together.