The Technology Center Energy (TZE) is a research institute of the University of Applied Sciences Landshut. It focuses on the topics of energy storage and Power2Gas technology, especially microbiological methanation, intelligent energy networks, energy efficiency and energy systems. The TZE develops the technical solutions, studies the optimal interaction of the components and demonstrates the practical applications. In the Photo2fuel project, TZE focuses on microbiological methanation, develops and optimizes the hybrid microorganism-organic semi-conductor systems, based on the artificial photosynthesis concept.