Partner organizations
The Hamburg Renewable Energy Cluster is an industry network of around 220 companies, universities and institutions from the renewable energy sector and the hydrogen economy in the Hamburg metropolitan region.
The cluster provides a common platform for players from business, science and politics. Its members include plant manufacturers, project developers, energy suppliers, grid operators, research institutions, logistics companies, financial service providers and law firms. The cluster’s work focuses on onshore and offshore wind, solar, renewable heat, sector coupling and green hydrogen.
EEHH supports the projects and represents the interests of its members both nationally and internationally.
“Hamburg Invest is the one-stop agency for relocations and investments in Hamburg and a central partner for Hamburg’s business community in all areas of business development. It offers a wide range of services, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. The marketing of urban commercial and industrial sites – from site development, advertising and customer approach to the allocation of land – is another task. Technology and knowledge-based start-ups will find their central point of contact here.”
The DVGW German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water promotes the gas and water sector with a focus on safety, hygiene and environmental protection. With around 14,000 members, the DVGW develops the generally recognized rules of technology for gas and water. Climate-neutral gases and in particular the future energy source hydrogen are of particular importance in the work of the DVGW. The association initiates and promotes research projects and provides training on the entire range of topics in the gas and water sector. In addition, it maintains a testing and certification system for products, persons and companies. The DVGW’s technical regulations form the foundation for the technical self-administration and self-responsibility of the gas and water industry.
water industry in Germany. They guarantee a safe gas and water supply of the highest international standard. The non-profit association was founded in Frankfurt am Main in 1859. The DVGW is economically independent and politically neutral. With nine regional groups and 62 district groups, the DVGW operates at local and supra-regional level and is represented throughout Germany. Issues with a national or European dimension are covered by the head office in Bonn with offices in Berlin and Brussels.
One million tons of green hydrogen per year, produced from wind energy in the North Sea and transported to land by pipeline – that is the vision of AquaVentus. More than 100 companies, organizations and research institutes along the entire value chain are setting standards in Europe and worldwide. The broad-based project family will realize 10 gigawatts of generation capacity by 2035, from the demonstrator to the transport infrastructure to the ever-growing parks. Why green hydrogen from offshore wind? The synchronization of generation and consumption as well as the transport of green energy are among the major challenges we face. Green hydrogen is the key here, not only to avoid grid bottlenecks and cold doldrums, but also in particular to decarbonize industrial sectors that cannot be electrified. Hydrogen is also a central link between the sectors because it can be stored and can be used as a raw material, fuel and energy carrier. The interaction between green electrons and molecules therefore promises solutions for the transformation of our energy and economic system, but also for security of supply.
The OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE Foundation (Foundation of German Industry for the Utilization and Research of Offshore Wind Energy) was established in 2005 on the initiative and under the moderation of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The coastal states and all economic sectors involved in offshore wind energy were also involved.
The aim of the foundation is to consolidate the role of offshore wind energy in the energy mix of the future in Germany and Europe and to promote its expansion in the interests of environmental and climate protection. It has established itself as a non-partisan, supra-regional and independent institution for the support of offshore wind energy in Germany and Europe.
In addition to representatives of ministries at state and federal level, the foundation’s trustees today include numerous players from industry associations and regional networks, manufacturers of offshore wind turbines, construction companies and suppliers, energy supply companies and offshore planners, banks, financing companies, insurance companies and representatives of the maritime industry.
