Energy and Environment
Leipzig’s energy and environmental sector has a long heritage, a stable basis comprising over 1,000 companies, and also outstanding development potential, with various startups tackling the challenges of the energy, environmental and transport transition. Thanks to he presence of long-standing utilities, outstanding institutions conducting cutting-edge applied research, and a variety of service providers, the actors in the Energy & Environment Cluster do their bit to keep the economy flourishing.
Milestones in the development of the Energy and Environment Cluster
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2016
- HTWK Leipzig, MITNETZ Gas and the DBI Group receive the Innovation Award from the German gas industry for their research on the safe transmission and usage of hydrogen
- Foundation of hydrogen trader HINT.CO (Hydrogen Intermediary Network Company)
- Construction work begins on South Leipzig CHP Plant with hydrogen-ready turbines to replace the use of lignite
- Stadtwerke Leipzig launches €400 million investment drive in renewable energies
- National Biodiversity Monitoring Centre established
- Leipzig receives Gold European Energy Award
- TIER and Voi launch e-scooter hire at mobility stations around Leipzig
- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research: Groundbreaking for high-rise containing laboratories and offices at Leipzig Science Park
- Comfortcharge (Telekom subsidiary) opens 7 rapid charging stations
- Groundbreaking for iDiv German Centre of Integrative Biodiversity Research
- Foundation of Leipzig Science Network
- Start of the project ‘Innovation in the Coalfield’
- Tender365 founded
- CleverShuttle opens branch at Leipzig Central Station
- Leipzig City Council: Over 40 measures for smart mobility solutions adopted
- magis consult GmbH founded
- DBFZ German Biomass Research Centre: Foundation stone laid for new pilot plant and administrative building
- CleverShuttle launched in Leipzig
- iDiv German Centre of Integrative Biodiversity Research: Funding of €36.5m