As a regional alliance of research institutions, we rely on the established expertise of our partners in the Braunschweig region.
Since 2008, the Battery LabFactory Braunschweig (BLB) has been operated as an interdisciplinary research platform of the Technische Universität Braunschweig in close partnership with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), the Technische Universität Clausthal (TUC), the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST), and Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH). The BLB has conducted research on batteries and operated a pilot production line for research purposes. Currently, the BLB focuses on creating environmentally sustainable and circular battery production at multiple locations on the North Campus of TU Braunschweig and at the Braunschweig Research Airport.
Another center of Technische Universität of Braunschweig, the CPC - "Center for Circular Production of Next Batteries and Fuel Cells," will be created at the research airport in the next few years. The CPC is dedicated to interdisciplinary research on next-generation batteries and fuel cells.
The Fraunhofer Center for Energy Storage and Systems ZESS in Braunschweig develops innovative and sustainable battery and hydrogen technologies. The focus is primarily on pioneering solid-state batteries as mobile and stationary storage technologies of the next generation. The new Fraunhofer ZESS building will open at the research airport in 2026.
Together, we have formed a powerful alliance for research and innovation in energy storage and hydrogen technologies.