Westphalian Energy Institute
The Westphalian Energy Institute (WEI) is a central scientific institution of the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences and concentrates the university’s energy technology competences across locations and faculties.
The WEI is organised in different groups, each dedicated to the one of
our core areas: renewable energies, energy conversion and distribution,
energy use, energy industry and energy policy. The institute employs 20
professors, as well as research assistants and doctoral candidates and
since its foundation it has not only worked in cooperation with other
scientific institutions in many fields, but has also positioned itself
as a research and development partner for the industry. The
interdisciplinary work of the institute’s research teams encourage
innovative approaches to research and development. The WEI carries out
research in the fields of process simulation and process control
technology, electromobility, and battery and hydrogen technology. In
cooperation with partners from the industry, our research teams have
applied for several patents in recent years, thus embodying the applied
character of research at the Westphalian Energy Institute. Projects such
as the development of a PEM fuel cell-based self-sustaining power
supply for sensor systems in boreholes clearly show how creative
cooperation between rurhvalley universities is already producing
innovative solutions.