In December 2009, the 1.000 m²-large test hall of E.ON ERC was completed. The test hall was officially inaugurated in March 2010. This hall has 750 m² of space available for the Institute EBC to test and further develop, e.g., micro-CHP systems, building facades or climatization of airplane cabins and electric vehicles. Next to a 250 m² clean room facility to build power semiconductors, PGS has 250 m² of high-power laboratory space for testing 5 MW DC-DC converters and high-speed machines in the test hall. Moreover, the real-time simulator of the institute ACS is linked to both laboratories via high-speed glass-fiber optic cables to offer Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) testing capabilities. In addition, a unique high-pressure and high-temperature laboratory has been set up by the institute GGE to measure the diffusion of water and CO₂ under realistic conditions. Furthermore, the institute FCN is developing a laboratory for investigating consumer behavior.