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06/08/2018 | Campus-Meldung

Award ceremony of the Hesse Solar Cup

The prizes of the Hesse Solar Cup were awarded today (June 8) at the University of Kassel. The Solarcup is a competition for solar-powered model vehicles and boats, in which mainly children and young people participate. The competitions had taken place on May 25, 2018 at the Königsplatz.

At the award ceremony, State Secretary Mathias Samson from the Hessian Ministry of Economics described the energy and transportation transition as a generational project full of challenges and opportunities: "On the way to a climate-friendly energy and transportation system, problems await us that will take years to solve. For this, we also need the creativity and enthusiasm of young people. Competitions such as the Solar Cup are excellent means of awakening this commitment. That's why I can't thank the University of Kassel and the participating teachers enough - also for giving the students professional orientation through the competition. After all, half a million men and women will be working in the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency alone in Germany in 2020. Training in the direction of energy supply and climate protection is worthwhile. Anyone who can already build a solar boat as a schoolboy or schoolgirl today need not worry about their professional future."

The winning teams by competition class:

Solar boats
Ernst-Abbe-Schule, team leader: Anne Lantz, starting number: 34,35
Grundschule Marbach, team leader: Christina Jakobi, starting number: 18,19
Lilli-Jahn-Schule, team leader: Astrid Schnittker, starting number: 8,9

Remote-controlled solar mobile
Gebr. Bode GmbH & Co. KG, team leader: Thorsten Ludwig, team name: Bode.Die Tür.
Mercedes-Benz plant Kassel, team leader: Gert Seibert, team name: Amperos
Mercedes-Benz plant Kassel, team leader: Martin Egerer, team name: Project Arrow

SolaRobots
Schülerforschungszentrum, team leader: Andreas Scheel, team name: Cheesecake
Oskar-von-Miller-Schule, team leader: Michael Ruks, team name: Self-propelled Solar Cattle
Oskar-von-Miller-Schule, team leader: Michael Ruks, team name: Telsa

Ultralight Solar-Mobile, WK I
Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Schule, Teamleader: Dr. Martin Draude, Teamname: Maximilian
IGS Kaufungen, Teamleader: Andreas Scheel, Teamname: Grafyt
IGS Kaufungen, Teamleader: Andreas Scheel; Teamname: Apfel

Ultralight Solar-Mobile, WK II
SIKA Dr. Siebert & Kühn GmbH & Co. KG, Team leader: Stefan Repschinski, Team name: SIKA Sunpower
Gymnasium Philippinum Marburg, Team leader: Michael Breining, Team name: Philippinum 3

The Solarcup is organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering/Informatics of the University of Kassel. It is presented by the cdw Foundation and the Städtische Werke Kassel AG. The Environment and Garden Office of the City of Kassel is a co-organizer.