Eco-test for PETRA IV

Particle accelerators are not only brilliant large-scale research devices, they are also impressive power guzzlers. But how can their energy consumption be optimized? Wim Leemans and Denise Völker have taken up the challenge to save electricity in the planning of DESY's future project PETRA IV; the large-scale research facility that is to revolutionize X-ray imaging.

Leemans is director of DESY's accelerator division and a thoroughbred researcher with an ecological conscience. Völker is DESY's sustainability manager with a special flair for research issues. And PETRA IV is set to become the world's best 3D X-ray microscope in the future. Will it also be the most environmentally friendly? An interview with two DESY managers with different perspectives - but the same goal.

From DESY kompakt - Newsletter of the research center DESY 06 | 2021. You will find the interview here (in German).