Experience an inspiring afternoon with Dr Johannes Staemmler, who will read from his book and provide exciting insights into visions for the future and structural change in Lusatia.

As part of the 25th anniversary of the Brandenburg Energy Day 2025, experts from business, science and politics will take stock of the current status of the energy transition on Wednesday, 11 June 2025.

How can empty spaces become lively meeting places? Researchers from BTU are now tackling this question together with civil society, local authorities, culture, planning and students in the "AlterPerimentale" project. An excursion will take participants to the dilapidated railway station in Neupetershain on Tuesday, 10 June 2025.

This day was eagerly awaited: The student team Lausitz Dynamics from BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg tested its newly revised fuel cell-powered energy-saving vehicle on the race track for the first time. The test drive took place on 10 April 2025 at the DEKRA Lausitzring in Klettwitz and was a big step for the entire team.

With over 15 years of intensive research into renewable energies, electromobility and smart grids, BTU's expertise is in demand throughout Germany. The university combines basic research with practical projects to develop solutions for a climate-friendly future.

More than 200 participants from research, politics and practice discussed the status of an economically, ecologically and socially sustainable transformation in the regions affected by the phase-out of lignite - the Rhenish, Lusatian and Central German mining areas - at the 2nd Transdisciplinary Structural Change Conference in Mönchengladbach on 27 and 28 November 2024.

Prof. Bernd Hirschl and Prof. Roh Pin Lee from BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg are members of the twelve-member scientific advisory committee for the state government. The task of the independent Climate Advisory Board is to support the implementation process for the climate plan with its 103 measures.

At the finale of STAR*PARADE, the major startup competition in Lusatia, three of the ten best pitches were won by BTU alumni.

On 26 and 27 September 2024, the Lusatian Future Forum on Land Use will take place for the first time at the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus-Senftenberg.

With a diverse audience of over 400 guests, the final of the Lusatian start-up competition took place at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg on September 19, 2024. In addition to the selection of the ten best pitches, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the Startup Lausitz start-up ecosystem was signed.