A complete switch from arable farming to the use of electrical energy would have far-reaching consequences. The German energy industry would have to be able to map the entire energy demand and, above all, the time-dependent power flows. Infrastructure, jobs in agriculture and rural areas would have to be reorganised. At the same time, the new opportunities offered by such a change for a more sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture must be examined. Individual and social aspects in the areas of energy, agriculture and ecology must be taken into account - as well as the acceptance of the measures, of course. All of these fields of research are addressed in the "Energy-4-Agri" project.
The Institute of Mobile Machinery and Commercial Vehicles, the Institute of High Voltage Technology and Electrical Power Systems, the Institute of Geoecology and the Institute of Psychology as well as the Institute of Design Research at the Braunschweig University of Art are working together with the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture on this rather unusual joint project in terms of content and the composition of the partner consortium.
Project Lead Prof. Dr. Ludger Frerichs (IMN)
Team Dr. Anne-Kathrin Schneider
Duration 2020 - 2023
Funding Body Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi)