TÜV Rheinland’s new Power Test Center Cologne tests battery storage systems, power electronics, and charging infrastructure for the energy and mobility world – powerful, scalable, and sustainably designed to meet future requirements.
Imagine a future in which your electric vehicle not only consumes energy but intelligently feeds it back into the grid. A world where electric trucks charge in just a few minutes, ferries take on emission-free energy in port, and solar parks reliably supply entire regions. This is what our energy and mobility landscape could soon look like. The Power Test Center Cologne creates the conditions for this – by testing the technologies of tomorrow today and ensuring that visionary ideas can be safely put into practice.
With the Power Test Center Cologne, a state-of-the-art testing and development environment for industrial high-performance components is established in Troisdorf, Germany. Across more than 800 m² of laboratory space, our experts test technologies that are crucial for the energy transition, grid stability, and electromobility – from battery storage systems and power electronics to megawatt charging systems.
The Power Test Center Cologne is geared consistently toward the future needs of industry. Here, we test products and systems that require high power levels, large dimensions, and complex testing setups. This goes far beyond traditional laboratory standards. Where technical or spatial limits once existed, the Power Test Center Cologne opens up new possibilities for testing high-performance and large-scale systems.
Four specialized laboratories – testing for the high-performance technologies of the future
Energy, mobility, and industry in transition
Industrial development is advancing rapidly: electric vehicles are becoming mobile energy storage units, charging times are decreasing dramatically, and new applications in the field of megawatt charging are emerging. At the same time, battery storage solutions for solar parks and industrial energy storage systems are growing – often in container-like dimensions of up to twelve meters in length.
These technologies place new demands on testing capacities, safety, and infrastructure. With the Power Test Center Cologne, we are responding specifically to these developments and creating the conditions to reliably test power levels of up to 1 MW. In doing so, we build trust in innovation – and give manufacturers the confidence to successfully position their products in a world of ever-increasing energy flows.
More innovation. More power. More room for development.
We test your product innovations
From the initial idea to final validation, our experts support the entire testing process—structured, compliant with standards, and tailored to your specific application.
Infrastructure for high-performance products
The Power Test Center Cologne is designed for large-scale, high-performance, and complex systems. Space, energy supply, and state-of-the-art equipment enable testing in the high-power and megawatt range.
Development-accompanying testing
With a dedicated customer workspace and project room, we create the conditions for parallel optimization. During testing, products can be adjusted, further developed, and efficiently brought to market readiness.