The Solar Revolution or Greenhouse Gas Emissions Might Reduce Faster Than Expected

TUMCREATE’s Energy Seminar 27.03.2025

 

You're warmly invited to TUMCREATE’s Energy Seminar. Join us for an enlightening guest lecture by the esteemed Prof. Dr. Thomas Hamacher on Thursday, 27th March on ‘The Solar Revolution or Greenhouse Gas Emissions Might Reduce Faster Than Expected’.

Date: 27 March 2025 (Thursday)

Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Venue: Pinnacle L16, CREATE Tower

Type: In-Person Talk, ensuing Q&A, networking with refreshments

Please register here! 

 

Prof Hamacher's Bio:

Prof Hamacher conducts research on energy and systems analysis, focusing on urban energy systems, the integration of renewable energy into the power grid, and innovative nuclear systems (including fusion). Other focuses of his work are the methods and fundamentals of energy models. He has been working as PI in various projects in TUMCREATE since 2011.

After studying physics in Bonn, Aachen and Columbia University (New York), Prof Hamacher received a doctorate from the University of Hamburg for his work on baryonic beta decay. He has been with the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics since 1996, and most recently as head of the Energy and System Studies Group. From 2010 to 2013, he served as acting head of the Chair of Energy Management and Application Technology. In 2013, he was appointed Full Professor for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems. Furthermore, he is the Director at the Munich Institute of Integrated Materials, Energy and Process Engineering (MEP). Prof Hamacher also is a member of the Environmental Science Centre (WZU) of the University of Augsburg.