Topping-out ceremony for TUM’s Research Center for Energy and Information

The Munich School of Engineering, in which the Technical University of Munich (TUM) bundles its wide-ranging, interdisciplinary energy research, is now taking on a more concrete form: With a topping-out ceremony, the university celebrated a milestone in the construction of the new Research Center for Energy and Information on its Garching campus. The research building, costing 17 million euros and providing approximately 2,300 m² of floor space, will function as a permanent hub for the MSE. With state-of-the art laboratories, it will be a focus point for energy research at the interfaces between engineering and natural sciences. The center will also integrate the information technologies that promise to deliver the decisive impetus for innovation in energy generation, storage and distribution in the age of digitalization. The new research building is a key measure of the Bavarian government's scientific support for energy transition policy. To this end, among other actions, TUM created the Chair for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems , appointing Professor Thomas Hamacher , who also leads the MSE , to the position. As an integrated research center invested, on par with the departments, with the right to award doctorates, the MSE embodies TUM's cross-disciplinary approach.