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On May 24th, 2023, the students of the course "Energy Sector Studies" visited the CHP plant in Weimar Schöndorf.

On March 1st, 2023, a first test drive with a hydrogen powered bus took place in Weimar. From autumn 2023 onwards, three such buses are scheduled to start regular service in Weimar.

Together with partners of the h2-well research alliance, Kyros Hydrogen Solutions GmbH invited to the "Open Hydrogen Company Day" on January 27th, 2023 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Neuhaus-Schierschnitz. The event offered the opportunity to get to know the company, its cooperation partners and the innovations that are driving the development of the hydrogen economy in southern Thuringia.

On November 17th, 2022, students from the h2-well alliance region were honored for their visionary concepts for the hydrogen-based energy transition.

On November 15th, 2022, the project partners updated each other on the progress of their research work.

The Chair of Energy Systems was represented with four papers at the REGWA Energy Symposium in Stralsund on November 11th, 2022.

On the 29th of June 2022 the h2-well network organised a workshop on the "Potentials of green hydrogen technologies for heat supply".

Two and a half years after his appointment as Endowed Professor for "Energy Systems", Prof. Jentsch invited guests to the inaugural lecture in the Audimax of Bauhaus University Weimar on 11 May 2022. Around 100 guests from business, science and politics paid tribute to Prof. Jentsch's forward-looking work in the field of hydrogen production and use for a comprehensive energy and mobility turnaround.

In the future public transportation and refuse collection vehicles in Weimar will be powered by green hydrogen. The Energy Systems team made a significant contribution to this. As early as 2020, the group supported the Kommunalservice Weimar in applying for a hydrogen-powered garbage truck.

The Thüringer Energie- und GreenTech-Agentur (ThEGA) published a study conducted on its behalf by HySON e.V. and the Energy Systems Group.