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One of the most spectacular concepts for supplying businesses, private households and local government with renewable energies on a decentralised, self-sufficient basis is currently being implemented in Feldheim, a district of Treuenbrietzen, a town in Brandenburg. The project owes its success to the excellent partnership between the municipality of Treuenbrietzen, the residents of Feldheim and the project developer, Energiequelle GmbH. The individual households in Feldheim, Treuenbrietzen, are supplied with heat and power from renewable energy power plants on their own doorstep via autarchic local grids. The nearby wind farm is the backbone of the local power supply grid, whereas heat is supplied by the local biogas plant. A sophisticated heating plant fired with woodchips is available for additional thermal energy requirements on particularly cold days.

Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies offers solutions for safe, easy and efficient hydrogen distribution and supply – based on its patented Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier technology with benzyltoluene as carrier material. The market-leading pioneer enables flexible H2 transport to consumers in industry and mobility, utilizing conventional fuel infrastructure. The German based company was awarded with “The Innovation Prize of the German Economy” and has been named as a “Global Cleantech 100” since 2018. Together with strategic investors Covestro, Mitsubishi Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company, Royal Vopak and Winkelmann Group, Hydrogenious LOHC is pushing forward with large volume and international projects to enable its LOHC technology to scale.

Leaftech is a tech startup from Berlin aiming to reduce energy consumption in buildings by up to 28%. Using our digital twin and our virtual sensor technology we forecast upcoming conditions and complex weather influences on buildings. Our information is highly accurate and forecasts the energy balance for the next 6-12 hours. Our services are directly embedded into the building control system and enable it to act upfront and work efficiently. We are looking forward to hearing about your challenges.

Stadtwerke Emden GmbH (Emden City Utilities) or SWE is a German communal company, owned by the city of Emden, which offers public services for the city and the region of Emden. The company supplies electricity for Emden‘s 25.000 households as well as natural gas, drinking water and, through its stake in the Emden Digital GmbH, telecommunications services. SWE operates local energy grids and has been continuously expanding generation from renewable energy, especially in onshore wind. SWE also owns the Flugplatz Emden GmbH, which owns and runs an airfield to provide aviation services for the offshore industry.

ALDI SÜD hat in Deutschland 1940 Filialen und beschäftigt rund 47.500 Mitarbeiter. Der Discounter übernimmt Verantwortung für seine Kunden und Mitarbeiter, für Natur, Umwelt und Gesellschaft. Seit 2017 handelt ALDI SÜD klimaneutral, als erster Lebensmitteleinzelhändler in Deutschland. Mehr als 1300 ALDI SÜD Filialen haben eine eigene Fotovoltaikanlage auf dem Dach. Der dort produzierte Strom fließt u.a. in die Kühlung und Beleuchtung – und an immer mehr Filialen auch in eine Elektrotankstelle: An 250 Filialen können Kunden ihr Elektroauto aufladen.

STIEBEL ELTRON – a company full of energy: Stiebel Eltron is an internationally operating Group and is among the global market and technology leaders in the fields of building services and renewable energies. With two German and four international production facilities, 26 sales organisations around the world, plus partners and agencies in 120 countries, Stiebel Eltron has a global presence. The annual turnover amounts to around 700 million Euros. More than 50 per cent of the turnover is generated abroad. With more than 4,000 employees worldwide the company places a consistent focus on its own expertise – from product development to production. The result is efficient and innovative solutions for hot water, heat, ventilation and cooling.

Instagrid is a provider of portable battery storage to simply create mobile power infrastructures. The start-up from Ludwigsburg was founded in 2018 by Dr. Sebastian Berning and Dr. Andreas Sedlmayr, who are the managing directors of the company. Instagrid has developed the world’s most advanced portable power pack to replace highly polluting petrol and diesel generators. The product offers simple, flexible and emission-free access to grid-like power for professionals on the move. Instagrids robust solution far exceeds the technical specifications and capabilities of what is available on the market today. Compact and lightweight design, low operating costs and emission-free, making it easier to work at temporary locations.

INERATEC provides modular chemical plants for Power-to-X and Gas-to-Liquid applications and supplies sustainable fuels and products. Hydrogen from renewable electricity and greenhouse gases like CO2 are converted into e-kerosene, CO2-neutral gasoline, clean Diesel or synthetic waxes, methanol or SNG.

The innovative reactors provide a high load flexibility as well as quick start-up and shut-down times. Therefore, the reactors are perfectly suitable for fluctuating renewable energy applications, e.g. wind or solar. Additionally, with this reactor concept a cost-efficient, modular numbering-up approach instead of a risky technology scale-up becomes possible, meaning that standardized modules are multiplied to reach higher capacities instead of a traditional scale-up.

Raffinerie Heide is a mobility and heating supply partner for northern Germany and a project partner of the WESTKÜSTE100: The creation of a regional hydrogen economy on an industrial scale, including a 30 megawatt electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen, transport it in the gas network, use it in industrial processes and to interlink different material cycles within the existing infrastructure. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy as the first hydrogen project within the framework of the “reallabs of the energy transition” program with 30 million euros.

Lition is a digital energy supplier, which connects consumers directly with local producers of renewable energies. Lition combines deep knowledge about the energy sector and technology. With its highly skilled, driven and passionate team Lition make changes happen. With its disruptive business approach and flexible technology environment, Lition creates solutions which cut out inefficiencies and shift the power to the consumer.