Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik

Electrical Engineering & Electronics, Energy Technology, New Materials

  • Short facts

    • Research & Development
  • Year founded 1960
  • 800 Employees (site)
  • Turnover: not available

Products/services: The research conducted at Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP) in Garching and Greifswald is concerned with investigating the physical basis of a fusion power plant. Like the sun, such a plant is to generate energy from fusion of atomic nuclei. With its workforce of approx. 1.000 IPP is one of the largest fusion research centres in Europe. In Garching, IPP is conducting the tokamak ASDEX Upgrade, Germany's largest fusion device. The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator is in operation at the Greifswald Branch Institute of IPP.

Basic data

Company

Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik

Street

Boltzmannstr. 2

PC / City

85748 Garching b. München

County

Upper Bavaria

Phone

+49 89 3299-01

Fax

not available

Language skills

English, German

Contact person

Management: Dr. Josef Schweinzer (Mr.)

Profile/competences

Core competencies

Research topics: high-temperature plasma physics, confinement of high-temperature hydrogen plasmas in magnetic fields, heating of plasmas, plasma diagnostics, magnetic field technology, data acquisition and processing, plasma theory, materials research, plasma-wall interaction and systems studies.

Key sectors / sub-sectors

  • Electrical Engineering & Electronics
  • Energy Technology
  • New Materials

NACE industries

  • Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering 72.19

Innovations & megatrends

  • Hydrogen Economy

Certifications

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Sales markets - target countries

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Cooperation offers

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