A new programme bundles energy research in Lower Saxony. Ideas and innovations from science are to make the supply efficient and secure. The planned EFZN Academy brings research results into practice.
Research for a climate-neutral future in Lower Saxony is being expanded with a new programme. The "Transformation of the Energy System in Lower Saxony" (TEN.efzn) project, for which the Energy Research Centre of Lower Saxony (EFZN) is responsible, is being funded by the state with 58 million euros. As part of the research programme, the C3L - Center for Lifelong Learning at the University of Oldenburg is working with the EFZN to develop a Lower Saxony-wide education and knowledge hub on the energy transition. The new EFZN Academy will be set up at five locations over the next five years.
"We want to transfer new knowledge from energy research into practical further education," explains C3L Managing Director Tim Zentner. The aim is to qualify subjects and managers in business, administration and civil society. At least 20 independent programmes are to be developed to support the energy transformation. Further education programmes are planned for offshore wind energy, among other things. The topics range from spatial planning and installation to operation and dismantling. The programme will be aimed at subjects and managers from companies, associations and administrations.
Further education programmes will also be developed for other sub-projects. The TEN.efzn joint project comprises six research platforms that are dedicated to the energy transition from both a technical and scientific as well as a social perspective. It focuses on strategies for the sustainable expansion of wind energy in the German North Sea, ammonia as a potential energy source of the future and end consumer confidence in a digitalised and automated energy system. The utilisation of underground geo-reservoirs is also being investigated, as is the development of innovative heat pump technologies and the social challenges of the energy transition. All research focuses are linked via a new transfer system that promotes exchange between science, business, politics and civil society and supports the practical implementation of research results, the training of specialists and the development of innovations and start-ups.
The Energy Research Centre of Lower Saxony (EFZN) is a scientific centre of the universities of Braunschweig, Clausthal, Göttingen, Hanover and Oldenburg, which bundles energy research expertise from various disciplines.
Further information: www.efzn.de/nachrichtendetail/start-ten-efzn-programm