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Energy Technology - an engine for growth

Brandenburg is a traditional energy centre, which was characterised mainly by its brown-coal power generation in the Lusatia region for a long time. Today the energy landscape of Brandenburg is also marked by the high number of plants that generate electricity and heat from renewable energies. By 2017, Brandenburg had already covered 19,6 percent of its primary energy consumption through renewable energies. Regenerative energies are proving to be the driving force behind economic growth.
Germany is embracing the energy revolution, and the course is being increasingly set in Berlin/Brandenburg. A good 6,500 companies and teams at over 30 universities and non-university research institutes are addressing all the challenges associated with this enormous task: They’re developing solutions and ideas to generate energy resourcefully, to distribute it intelligently, to store it sensibly and to use it efficiently.
To forge ahead with the cross-border innovation process in energy technology, the states of Berlin and Brandenburg launched Cluster Energietechnik Berlin Brandenburg (the Berlin-Brandenburg Energy Technology Cluster) in 2011.

Bridges between research and industry

The strength of local research and development is based, among other things, on networking. Since 2011, companies and scientific institutions in the whole of Berlin/Brandenburg have been working together in the energy technology cluster. By pooling their expertise, the participants can achieve the optimal transfer of scientific knowledge into industrial processes and products.
For the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, the integration of regenerative energies and the resulting requirements and opportunities for storage, distribution networks and sector coupling (heat supply, energy storage, mobility etc.) is a major research topic. The Brandenburg companies in the energy technology sector are also increasingly recognising these topics as an opportunity for new products, services and business areas.

From regenerative energies to storage, smart grids and green hydrogen

The energy transition laboratory of Ketzin is testing the energetic coupling of the electricity, heating and mobility sectors and one of the largest battery storage facilities in Europe is located in the energy-self-sufficient village of Feldheim. In the Prenzlau hybrid power plant, “green hydrogen” is generated from regenerative energies.

Contacts

Klaus Henschke

Head of Cluster Management

Germany

Cluster Energy Technology

T +49 331 – 730 61-217
F +49 331 – 730 61-229
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Birgit Kaminski

Senior Manager

Germany

Cluster Energy Technology

T +49 331 – 730 61-426
F +49 331 – 730 61-229
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Lennart Kehlenbeck

Senior Manager

Germany

Cluster Energy Technology

T +49 331 - 730 61 420
F +49 331 - 730 61 229
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Nils Andreae

Manager

Focus Cluster Energy Technology / Photonics

T +49 331 - 730 61-427
F +49 331 - 730 61-229
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Education and science

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg: Faculty 1 (Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology)
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg: Faculty 2 (Environment and Natural Sciences)
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg: Faculty 3 (Mechanical Engineering, Electrial and Energy Systems)
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg: Faculty 6 (Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning)
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg: Institute for Physics
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP)
Fraunhofer Insitute for Cell Therapy and Immunoligy (IZI)
Helmholtz-Centre: German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
HNEE: Faculty of Landscape Management and Nature Conservation
HNEE: Faculty of Forest and Environment
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Institute for Thin Film and Microsensoric Technology (IDM)
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
Leibniz Institute for Innovation for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP)
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
TH Brandenburg: Fachbereich Technik
TH Wildau: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
TH Wildau: Faculty of Business, Computing, Law
Uni Potsdam: Applied Condensed Matter Physics
Uni Potsdam: Astrophysics
Uni Potsdam: Photonics
Uni Potsdam: Ultrafast Dynamics in Condensed Matter
Centre for Innocation Competence innoFSPEC

Cluster

Cluster energy technology Berlin-Brandenburg
Masterplan Cluster Energytechnology (in German)

Networks

Berlin-Brandenburg Energy Network (BEN)
Berliner NetzwerkE network
Brandenburg Energy Technology Initiative (ETI)
Brandenburg Centre for Energy Technology, registered association
EuReffuS
green with IT e.V. Berlin-Brandenburg
Berlin-Brandenburg Innovative Energy Systems, registered association
LMB – Netzwerk Leichtbau Metall Brandenburg
MinGenTec – Mining & Generation Technology Made in Germany

Technology transfer agencies

Technology transfer agency of the BTU
Technology transfer agency of the HNEE
Technology transfer agency of the TH Brandenburg
Technology transfer agency of the TH Wildau

Further information

Energieallianz Brandenburg
Energy Efficiency in the Capital region Berlin-Brandenburg
Energieland Brandenburg
Energy Grids and Storage Systems in the Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg
energy agency
Energiestrategie 2030
Energy Technology in the Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg
Renewable Energy in the Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg
Turbomachinery and Power Station Technology in the Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg
MinGenTec Infoblatt

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