Research, teaching, and innovation at KIT support the energy transition and the restructuring of the energy system in Germany. Clear priorities lie in the areas of energy efficiency and renewable energies, energy storage and networks, electromobility, and the expansion of international research cooperation.

With 1,800 researchers and technical staff, the KIT Energy Centre is one of the largest energy research centres in Europe. It brings together the energy research work of KIT and renowned cooperation partners. In doing so, it transcends disciplinary boundaries and combines basic and applied research on all relevant energies for industry, households, services, and mobility. 

The participating institutes and research groups carry out their research work independently. By bringing together different topics, enabling scientists to collaborate on an interdisciplinary basis, and sharing equipment and facilities, including those used in large-scale research, a new quality of research and teaching is created. The KIT Energy Centre develops energy technology solutions from a single source and acts as a competent point of contact for energy issues for politics, business, and society.

The KIT Energy Centre's areas of work are divided into five topics.