Energetic Environmental Experts

The term "sustainability" was coined over 300 years ago by a mining captain in Saxony. Today, Saxony is one of the most innovative locations for energy / environmental technology. The main focus is on resource efficiency, H2 technologies, organic solar technology and smart grid.

New non-ferrous metal concentrates are produced from residues from the metal industry, spent catalysts from petrochemicals or Li-ion batteries from electromobility, for example. (Source: Nickelhütte Aue GmbH)

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Facts about the Energy and Environmental Technology Sector in Saxony

  • 1,011

    Company
  • 25,940

    Employees
  • €8.1 billion

    Annual revenue
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Networks

In Saxony, various networks in the field of environmental and energy technology are working to strengthen the competitiveness of Saxon companies through collaboration. This involves jointly developing innovative solutions for sustainable environmental and energy technologies and translating them into new products and services.

 

In the Saxon energy and environmental technology cluster ENERGY SAXONY, stakeholders from industry and academia pool their expertise and collaborate to develop innovative solutions for ensuring a sustainable, resource-efficient, and climate-friendly energy supply, to drive the heating and mobility transitions, and to establish a green economy through circular economy approaches. In particular, the network pools expertise in zero-emission technologies and creates cross-sector and cross-state use cases for green hydrogen.

 

ENERGY SAXONY

 

HZwo is a dynamic network and a central platform for exchange among hydrogen experts in Europe. By continuously expanding its membership to include both experts and end-users, HZwo strengthens the European hydrogen sector and promotes the technological edge of all participants. The focus is on innovation, collaboration, and sustainable development to ensure Europe’s long-term competitiveness.

 

HZwo e. V.

 

HYPOS is the network for anyone interested in the hydrogen economy and your primary point of contact for sustainable hydrogen in Central Germany and beyond. The consortium brings together the strengths of small and medium-sized enterprises, industry, large corporations, universities, and research institutions.

 

Wasserstoffnetzwerk HYPOS

 

As a nonprofit association, VEE Sachsen e. V. – the Association for the Promotion of Renewable Energy in Saxony – advocates for the interests of renewable energy in the Free State of Saxony. It represents the entire spectrum of renewable energy sources, ranging from solar and bioenergy to wind and hydroelectric power, as well as geothermal energy.

 

VEE Sachsen e. V.

 

One of Germany’s largest networks in the geosciences sector is the Geokompetenzzentrum Freiberg e. V. (GKZ), which has more than 150 members from industry, academia, and government with expertise in all aspects of the raw materials sector. Its scope ranges from securing raw materials to site development, environmental engineering, geobiotechnology, and geotechnical engineering, as well as resource management.

 

Geokompetenzzentrum Freiberg e. V. (GKZ)

 

Circular MTC e. V. aims to facilitate the transfer of knowledge between industry and academia. The overarching goal is to promote the application of key technologies for lightweight structures and the circular economy by building and expanding scientific and technical expertise, as well as by establishing an innovation cluster for the research and development of materials and processes for efficient large-scale technologies, in order to manufacture high-performance structures and to research and demonstrate their recyclability.

 

Circular MTC

Catalog of Energy Innovations from Saxon

The "Energy Innovations from Saxony" Competence Atlas, featuring approximately 200 profiles, provides a comprehensive overview of Saxony’s production, research, and development activities in the field of energy technologies. A map highlights selected key players in Saxony and regional focal points.

Katalog "Energieinnovationen aus Sachsen" als ePaper

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