Eco test for PETRA IV

Particle accelerators are not only brilliant large-scale research facilities, they are also impressive power guzzlers. But how can their energy consumption be optimised? Wim Leemans and Denise Völker have taken up the challenge of saving electricity in the planning of DESY’s future project PETRA IV. This large-scale research facility is set to revolutionise X-ray imaging.

Wim Leemans is DESY Director of Accelerator Division and a full-blooded 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. Will it also be the most environmentally friendly? A conversation with two DESY managers with different perspectives – but the same goal.