In the WIR! Alliance Digital Repair Factory, scientists from BTU are researching digital solutions in maintenance, servicing and repair together with 40 partners in seven joint projects. The goal is to network and profile the project region across industries and to actively shape structural change on the basis of technological, business and social innovations.

The mayor of the city of Cottbus, Holger Kelch, will inform himself on Thursday, March 31, 2022, at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg about the start-up project ePHANT, the predecessor project ismartC as well as the challenges of a start-up at the location Cottbus and possible interfaces and synergies in the cooperation with the city.

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and Flensburg University of Applied Sciences conducted a feasibility study on a power-to-gas concept for a renewable energy site in Nordhackstedt in Schleswig-Holstein.

Lusatia has been in Monopoly fever since March 21, 2022. A version of the world's most famous board game adapted to Lusatia was presented at Cottbus' Altmarkt. The secret was also revealed as to which 22 locations were at the top of the Lusatians' list in an online vote: The most expensive place in the game is Bautzen, followed by Cottbus.

On March 21, 2022, Dr. Stefan Kaufmann visited BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg to get to know current projects and collaborations in energy research.

ILB development bank visits regional start-up teams at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg / Talks about innovative ideas and funding opportunities

On March 10, 2022, the new DLR-Institute of Electrified Aero Engines was opened at the Cottbus site. It focuses its research on future low-emission propulsion systems. The goal is climate-friendly and quiet air traffic of the future.

It is one of the most outstanding projects in structural development: the Lusatia Science Park. Under the leadership of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), an innovation landscape with international appeal is to be created at the Cottbus site over the next few years.

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is committed to openness to the world, contentious discourse, and respect for different traditions, cultures, and fundamental ethical and moral values with all its strength in science, teaching, and university life. The BTU community is shocked and deeply saddened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

On the evening of February 28, 2022, Cottbus residents and travelers witnessed an illumination at Cottbus Central Station that was visible from afar. The Boomtown logo was projected onto the facade in red. The occasion was the launch of the "Boomtown Cottbus" campaign.