25th Brandenburg Energy Day Interim status and outlook for the energy transition
Detailed programme
Morning programme
| 9 am | REGISTRATION AND ENROLMENT |
| MODERATION Lis Blume | |
| 10 a.m. | WELCOME Prof. Dr p.h. habil. Gesine Grande President of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg Jens Warnken President of the Cottbus Chamber of Industry and Commerce for the Brandenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce WELCOME + SPEECH: STATE OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN THE STATE OF BRANDENBURG Daniel Keller Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Protection of the State of Brandenburg IMPULSE FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTRY N. N. |
| 10:45 a.m. | AWARD OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PRIZES OF THE STATE OF BRANDENBURG Daniel Keller Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Protection of the State of Brandenburg Thoralf Uebach Board chairperson of the VKU Berlin-Brandenburg regional group |
| 11:15 a.m. | PODIUMS DISCUSSION Are we on track with the Energy Economics transition in Brandenburg? - Daniel Keller; Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Protection of the State of Brandenburg - N. N.; Representative from the responsible Federal Ministry - Kerstin Andreae; Chairperson of the BDEW General Management - Jürgen Schütt; Member of the Board of Management of E.DIS AG, F inance/Market Department - Prof. Dr. Felix Müsgens; Head of the BTU Energy Economics Department and Scientific Director of the Energy Innovation Centre Cottbus - Thoral Uebach Head of the Energy Innovation Centre Cottbus - Adi Roesch; Chairman of the Executive Board of LEAG |
| 12:30 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK / VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION (press tour) |
FORUM 1: Energy transition through energy efficiency
| Chair: Jakob Flechtner Head of the Competence Centre for Climate Protection in Energy-Intensive Industries |
| OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE ENERGY TRENDS Dr Tom Lorenz Head of the Simulation and Virtual Design Department at the DLR Institute of Low Carbon Industrial Processes |
| FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR COMPANIES: THE EEW FUNDING PROGRAMME AS A CENTRAL FEDERAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUNDING PROGRAMME Jona Knoke Officer at the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA), Energy Efficiency in Industry Division |
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| HIGH-TEMPERATURE HEATPUMPS - AN INNOVATION IN APPLICATION Fabian Ahrends Head of High-Temperature Heat Pumps at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Energy (FH IEG) |
| ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN HEATINGNETWORKS Axel Popp Head of Heating Networks at ENGIE Deutschland GmbH |
| PRESENTATION OF AN AWARD-WINNING PROJECT N. N. Winner of the Brandenburg Energy Efficiency Award 2025 |
FORUM 2: Energy transition through renewable energies
| Moderation: Robert Kausmann Energy consultant at the IHK Potsdam |
| EXPANSION OF ENERGY NETWORKS: THE BASIS FOR EXPANDING RENEWABLE ENERGIES Marc Behnke Senior Lead Expert EEG/KWKG at E.DIS Netz GmbH |
| THE HIGH-WIND WIND TRACTOR IN SCHIPKAU Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jochen Großmann Founder and board chairperson of the GICON Group |
| BIOMETHANE FOR MOBILITY, HEAT AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS (working title) Claus Sauter Founder and CEO of Verbio SE (enquired) |
| photovoltaic annex thought big - photovoltaics at the logistics centre in lubbenau Paul-Werner Neisser-Deiters Head of Energy Management Kaufland |
| RENEWABLE HEAT FROM WIND AND SUN Tobias Huter Business Unit Development Urban Living at naturstrom AG |
FORUM 3: Energy transition through sector coupling
| Moderation: Klaus Henschke Cluster Manager Energy Technology Berlin-Brandenburg |
| ENERGY FOR BARUTH - WIND POWER - HEAT - HYDROGEN Ronny Wendt Project Manager Energy for Baruth at Fiberboard GmbH Stephan Wiggeshoff Authorised signatory at Naturwind Schwerin GmbH, Potsdam |
| THE DIGITAL TWIN FOR ALL ENERGY AND CLIMATE-RELEVANT DATA Thomas Koller CEO of enersis europe GmbH |
| BIDIRECTIONAL CHARGING - THE NEW WAY TO "REFUEL" E-AUTOS Dr.-Ing. Mark Kuprat Strategy & Business Management at ePHANT GmbH |
| ON THE ROAD TO CLIMATE-EUTRAL CEMENT - CHALLENGES FOR ENERGY-INTENSIVE COMPANIES Alexandra Decker Board member of CEMEX Germany |
| THE ELECTRIC BOILER AT BASF SCHWARZHEIDE GMBH - GREEN HEAT FROM EXCESS CURRENT Dr Robert Preusche Team Leader Energy and Utility Management at BASF Schwarzheide GmbH |
FORUM 4: EIZ Expert Forum - Digitalisation for the energy transition
| Moderation: Dr.-Ing. Christine Kühnel Managing Director of the Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI), board member of Bürgerbegehren Klimaschutz |
| INTRODUCTION: OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITS OF DIGITALISATION. 4 PERSPECTIVES - SCIENCE, STARTUP, DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATORS, TRANSMISSION NETWORK OPERATORS. Dr Jakob Pohlisch Head of Innovation, Management and Public Relations Energy Innovation Centre (EIZ) |
| PERSPECTIVE OF A TRANSMISSION NETWORK OPERATOR TBA of 50Hertz Transmission GmbH |
| PERSPECTIVE OF A STARTUP Jochen Schwill SpotmyEnergy GmbH |
| PERSPECTIVE OF A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATOR TBA |
| PERSPECTIVE FROM THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TBA |