About a year ago, the EnergInno Brazil campaign was launched, and recently its final event took place: the German R&D Tour. For this, the eleven Brazilian winners of a national call by EnergInno Brazil were invited to an information tour through representative German research institutions, companies, and clusters in the field of sustainable energy production and supply. The participants of the tour, who had applied and convinced the jury with their projects in the research fields of green hydrogen or biogas, could thus gain an exclusive insight into innovative German research and technology and at the same time network with potential partners.
German companies and institutions for sustainable energy
The German R&D Tour opened with a visit at NEUMAN & ESSER (NEA GROUP) in Übach-Palenberg. Here, EnergInno Brazil followed up on the visit to the Brazilian company Hytron, which is part of the ENERGY SOLUTIONS division. In the afternoon of the first day, the Brazilian delegates continued to Jülich to the Campus of the Aachen University of Applied Sciences, where they were given insights into various laboratories. Here, the dean of the campus, Prof. Volker Sander, welcomed them. The Jülich Research Center on the following day, as well as the photovoltaic and wind power plant of the Bergheim municipal utilities, completed the stations visited in Western Germany.
On Wednesday, the group reached the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) in Ulm. On the following day, the focus was still on renewable raw materials. Thus, in Straubing, the Zweckverband Hafen Straubing-Sand with its affiliate BioCampus Straubing GmbH and the sunliquid demonstration plant of the company Clariant was visited. In the afternoon of the same day, the tour continued to the Energy Technology Center of Landshut University of Applied Sciences, giving the Brazilian experts the opportunity to visit the laboratories for battery production and green gases. The last day of the tour took the group to the unique energy village of Wildpoldsried and its biogas and wind energy plants.
Continuing German-Brazilian networking
At all tour destinations, the Brazilian innovators had the opportunity to engage in in-depth discussions with stakeholders from the host institutions and companies. At some of the tour stops, they met the German participants of EnergInno Brazil. This continues and deepens the professional networking that began at the Research2Industry Days in São Paulo in May 2022.
EnergInno Brazil
The EnergInno Brazil campaign, led by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, is part initiative "Research in Germany" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The campaign aims to network between the Brazilian and German sustainable energy sectors to initiate exchange and cooperation.
"Research in Germany"
"Research in Germany" is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. It presents Germany as a country of research and innovation and creates a forum for international exchange and cooperation.
Further Reading
- Research in Germany: German R&D Tour
