SAXONY! at Smarter E / ees 2026

Welcome to Saxony!

Saxony is a dynamic business hub in Germany with a long industrial tradition and a strong focus on innovation. Saxony is also among the leading locations in the field of efficient energy conversion, storage, and utilization, offering attractive conditions: highly innovative and flexible global players and SMEs, a diverse and well-connected research landscape, and a vocational training system that is unparalleled in Europe.

The numerous stakeholders in Saxony in research and industry are active across the entire energy value chain: They develop decentralized generation systems for electricity and heat, work on novel, smart forms of energy storage, and on sustainable propulsion systems. 

Above all, forward-looking hydrogen and fuel cell technologies play a key role across the board. The energy-saving development and use of products throughout their entire life cycle — from design to recycling — plays just as important a role as the consistent, energy-efficient design of industrial processes.