Events

In the summer semester 2025, BTU4Future with guest lecturer Patricia Vester will focus on the topic of cultural sustainability and the critical reflection of different cultures of remembrance: a place to reflect on different perspectives on (colonial) history will be created around the Women's Place for Bililee Ajiamé Machbuba at BTU.

In Lusatia, hydrogen is currently being given a relevant role in the decarbonization of the economy and energy supply. But to what extent should Lusatia rely on hydrogen as the "new green coal"? Should hydrogen be used across the board as the "bread and butter" of the energy transition or only in individual areas as the "champagne" of the energy transition?

Hydrogen - the new coal of Lusatia? Or rather the new import oil of the energy region? The energy transition hope "hydrogen" is full of local fairy tales and global import logics. In a panel discussion, the local Lusatian perspectives (Markus Will) and the global justice aspects (Lasse Thiele) of hydrogen will be discussed.

The officers Fabian Präger and Niels Kunz will present an insight into their current research on energy infrastructure development for 100% renewable energy systems. They will focus on hydrogen infrastructure development, examining centralized and decentralized approaches.

This year, BTU will once again be taking part in the Germany-wide Car-Free University Day to draw attention to the relevance of climate-neutral, environmentally friendly and socially just mobility. This year, the Car-Free University Day will take place on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 from 11:00-16:00.

The Car-Free University Day 2024 is calling for an ideas competition: FutureRoads@BTU. How can the roads and paths of the future be designed at BTU? As part of the FutureRoads@BTU competition, ideas and concepts for redesigning the roads, paths and parking spaces at the BTU sites can be submitted until 10.06.2024.

Hydrogen as a savior in Lusatia? The energy region as the central narrative in structural change. Now hydrogen is to be used - as the new coal as the new oil? The lecture will take a sociological perspective on the structural change in Lusatia and the role of hydrogen in it.

The Fit4Future Summer School 2024 will be a dynamic learning environment where postgraduate excellence meets the challenges of tomorrow. Our thematic focus for this edition is the critical analysis of transitions to sustainable and clean energy. It will consist of two online sessions (24 May/ 17 June) and two onsite sessions in Cottbus and Poznan, Poland (10-13 September).

Hydrogen can not only be stored and used in its elementary form. Various chemical conversion technologies offer opportunities to overcome the limitations of hydrogen. At the same time, however, these possibilities also come with new challenges. Lecture by Prof. Müller (University of Rostock)

The energy price crisis in 2022 at the latest made it clear that the future of gas distribution networks is uncertain or even finite. On the other hand, according to the Heat Planning Act that came into force this year, areas in municipalities can be designated as hydrogen network areas. What opportunities and challenges does this present? Lecture by Dr. Stella Oberle