We make large-scale research sustainable!
In collaboration, the KARA particle accelerator and the real-time laboratory Energy Lab are developing sustainable, efficient and stable energy concepts for large-scale research infrastructures.
The KIT Test Field for Energy Efficiency and Grid Stability in Large Research Infrastructures (KITTEN) combines Europe's largest research laboratory for renewable energy, the Energy Lab, with the test facility for accelerator technologies Karlsruhe Research Accelerator (KARA).
The objective is the efficient and sustainable operation of large-scale research facilities, such as particle accelerators. The developed theoretical concepts are experimentally validated under real conditions from both physic and engineering aspects – a globally unique combination.
The KITTEN project is thus paving the way for energy-responsible and therefore sustainable research on large-scale.
Infrastructure
In order to conduct research on large systems, efficient infrastructure is required.
That is why we have linked two research-strong facilities in the KITTEN project: the Karlsruhe Research Accelerator (KARA) test facility for accelerator technologies and Europe's largest research laboratory for renewable energy, the Energy Lab.
In KITTEN we can improve the sustainability and energy efficiency of large research infrastructures, such as accelerators.
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In the last week of September 2024, the RF2.0 consortium came together for its first face-to-face project meeting at the University Carlos III in Madrid. A total of 21 members of the consortium took part in the review and planning work.
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The research project Research Facility 2.0, which emerged from KITTEN, also started in 2024.
The international project partners got to know each other better at an initial kick-off meeting. The common goal: to make large-scale research facilities such as particle accelerators more sustainable.
Panel discussion on the occasion of the inauguration of KITTEN with the KIT President and experts on the use of sustainable energy solutions in large research infrastructures.
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The KITTEN test field will be inaugurated on July 21, 2022 with a panel discussion in the TRIANGEL Open Space on Kronenplatz and a ceremony on KIT's North Campus.
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