Science Year 2025: Energy of the Future – Leibniz University Hannover

Increasing demand for energy, limited resources and climate change – in 2025, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s Science Year is dedicated to the topic “Energy of the Future” and asks the following question: What types of energy will we use in future? At Leibniz University Hannover, researchers are working across disciplines on solutions for the energy transition, including within the key research area Energy Research. In Science Year 2025, the university invites members of the public to attend a variety of events where they can learn more about the research currently underway, reflect on developments in economic and societal perspectives, and enter into discussion on the energy of the future.

Doktor Whatson meets LUH

It's science that gives us energy and moves us forward

Nuclear fusion – The energy of the stars on earth

Leibniz Campus Lecture
Wednesday, 12 February 2025, 6:00 pm
Atrium of the main LUH building
(“Lichthof”, Welfengarten 1)

Prof. Dr. Thomas Klinger, scientific director of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment and a director at the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, explains the challenges of nuclear fusion and discusses the construction of the Wendelstein 7-X device.

Blick in das Plasmagefäß von Wendelstein 7-X (November 2021)

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Prof. Dr. Clemens Walther und Dr. Wolfgang Schulz vom Institut für Radioökologie und Strahlenschutz der Leibniz Universität Hannover

Herrenhausen Late
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 8:30 pm
Xplanatorium Herrenhausen (Alte Herrenhäuser Straße 5)

The Herrenhausen Late event series is a collaboration between the Volkswagen Foundation and Leibniz University Hannover. The speakers in March are Prof. Dr. Clemens Walther and Dr. Wolfgang Schulz of the Institute of Radioecology and Radiation Protection at LUH.

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Energy through science – Energy research for the city of tomorrow

Lecture series in cooperation with Volkshochschule Hannover
April to December
Alternating lectures at LUH and VHS

In nine talks, the speakers will demonstrate how LUH’s energy research can contribute to climate-friendly development and the energy transition in the city. The topics include solar and wind energy, electromobility, hydrogen, energy systems and aviation.

Ein Bus fährt bei Dunkelheit über die Leinertbrücke in Hannover

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Brendel

Solar energy

10 April 2025, 6:30 pm | VHS

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Ponick, Jens Ernsting

Electromobility

7 Mai 2025, 6:00 pm | LUH

Dr. Raphael Niepelt

The energy system

11. Juni 2025, 6:00 p.m. | VHS

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Raimund Rolfes

Wind energy

2. Juli 2025, 6:00 p.m. | LUH

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May–September
Stops across the country, including in Hannover
(Mittellandkanal, 30 May–3 June 2025)

MS Wissenschaft is a floating science centre commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to travel throughout Germany – packed with exhibits related to the Science Year. In 2025, an LUH exhibit is on board: the miniature “green powered city” from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science invites visitors to immerse themselves in the future of energy. It shows which possibilities exist for producing, storing and using renewable energies in the city.

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The exhibit of LUH (german only)

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Energy through science

Exhibition in the Leibniz Science Cube
1 June–10 November 2025
Ground floor of the main Leibniz University Hannover building (Welfengarten 1)

Researchers from Leibniz University Hannover are investigating energy-related topics within numerous subject areas. The exhibition in the Leibniz Science Cube showcases exhibits from the fields of solar and wind energy, green hydrogen and the heating transformation, electricity grids and energy systems, aviation, and energy-related environmental and spatial planning. It includes written information and short explanatory films. The exhibition can be visited anytime, as all the exhibits, information and films are presented in large display windows.

Farbig beleuchteter Eingang des Welfenschlosses während der Nacht, die Wissen schafft 2023

Saturday, 8 November 2025, 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
Leibniz University Hannover

What do researchers at Leibniz University Hannover do? At A Night Out with Science, various departments, faculties and institutes will provide a look behind the scenes via talks, tours, experiments, exhibitions and activities where visitors can take part. Numerous topics related to energy research will also be presented.

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Energy Research at Leibniz University

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The Communications and Marketing events newsletter provides periodic information (in German) about the science communication events put on by Leibniz University Hannover.