Lusatia region taking off – from coal-fired power
plants to H2-powered jet engines
New business opportunities in the heartland of German Energy
Transformation (Energiewende)
May 2021

Table of Contents
1. Overview of Lusatia
2. Lusatia: Opportunities at a glimpse
3. Energy Technologies in the Lusatia Region
4. Mobility in the Lusatia Region
5. Flagship Projects in Lusatia
6. Testimonial: TD Deutsche Klimakomporessoren GmbHMURAO Kazushige, Managing Director TDDK

7. Incentives for Investment in Lusatia
8. Opportunities for Investment
9. Japan in Lusatia
10. Your Landing Services at hand

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1. Overview of Lusatia
Geographical location of Lusatia
Lusatia is…
 the connective region „between“
Brandenburg and Saxony
 stretched between the centers
Berlin/Potsdam, Leipzig and Dresden the Logistics Gateway between Eastern
Europe and Western Europe
 the traditional German Coal Mining
Area famous for open pit lignite mining populated by 1.1 million inhabitants
 12,000 sqkm which is the size ofConnecticut (USA) or the Fukushima
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Logistics of Lusatia
BERLIN

Airports in proximity to Lusatia
BER: Capital Airport Berlin/Brandenburg. Germany‘s
3rd largest airport after Frankfurt (M) and Munich.
LEJ: Leipzig/Halle Airport, Europe‘s 5th largest cargo
airport. 1.24 million tonnes of cargo in 2019.
DRS: Dresden Airport, 1.7 million passengers p.a.,maintenance location for A380 airplanes.

POTSDAM

Road, rail and inland shipping:
European multi-modal logistics corridors linking
Scandinavia with Southern, Western and Middle
Eastern Europe.

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2. Lusatia: Opportunities at a glimpse
The political background setting
EU, Germany and Japan: Join hands in worldwide
efforts to fight climate change

German coal phase-out: 13th August 2020 Federallegislation was enacted. „Kohleausstiegs-Gesetz“ willprovide for all coal fired power plants and coalmining to be shut down by 2038 latest in all ofGermany, Lusatia too

17 Billion EUR Government support package:

Dedicated only to foster the transformation processin Lusatia> 1 billion EUR private sector investments:
More than 1 billion EUR already underway(e.g. LEAG, BASF, Siemens, Deutsche Bahn etc.)© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Cool5

2. Lusatia: Opportunities at a glimpse
Opportunities for Market Entries and Cooperation
Top priority areas:

Energy technologies: Hydrogen, Battery Technologies, P2X,Sector coupling, Wind, Solar, Smart Grid etc.
Smart mobility: Electric mobility (cars, trains, planes, batteryand H2), smart mobility etc.
New manufacturing technologies: New Materials, additive
manufacturing, composites (bio-polymers etc.)

New R&D institutions:DLR German Aerospace Center: 2 new institutes in Lusatia
Fraunhofer-Society: 3 new institutes in Lusatia
All established since 2019
Saxony & Brandenburg Joint Lusatia Project:- No-red-tape-approach for joint project- Transformation process with single stop multi levelsupport structure- From hightech to large scale energy intensive manufacturing

Lusatia = new energy + new interconnections + new business models + new markets© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Cool6

3. Energy Technologies in the Lusatia Region• Lusatia: Energy region for more than 150 years• Figurehead of Germany‘s Energiewende implementation and leading research area for energy generation, storage
and application indifferent fields, public, private and in business• Surplus electricity generated from renewable energy sources searching for efficient business models and innovative
business partners• Joint Strategy & Roadmap for Implementation of Hydrogen in areas like heating, transportation, manufacturing etc.

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3. Energy Technologies in the Lusatia Region
Electricity Storage: Projects and TechnologiesH2-Innovation Campus with Start-up Center at
Siemens Görlitz. Cooperation between Siemens,
Fraunhofer Institute, University ofTechnology Dresden, University of Applied
Sciences Zittau/Görlitz and HHL Leipzig
Graduate School of Management.

500 million EUR investment in new production site
for cathode material, enough for approx. 500,000
Battery-electric cars (Schwarzheide, Lusatia).
New project: Battery recycling© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Cool

BigBattery Lausitz: 25 million EUR investment.
Primary control power capacity of 53 MW. Oneof Europe‘s biggest lithium-ion batterystorage. Regular operation since summer 2020.

ACCUMOTIVE: Competence center within
Daimler‘s international battery production
network. Annual output of 500,000 lithium-ion
battery systems for SMART, Mercedes Benz andlight transport vehicles.
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Hydrogen Region Lusatia
Optimal conditions for a hydrogen economy● Numerous stakeholders and projects
already active in the field of H2● Many opportunities for the production,
storage and use of H2 (strong future
domestic market)● Two Universities of Technology (Cottbus,Zittau/Görlitz) for joint research andstaffing of young academics● Strong push for innovation andtransformation from politics, academia
and society
Innovation campus SIEMENS Görlitz● Strong partner and driver for
innovations in Lusatia● Cooperation platform for
decarbonization, digitization and new
manufacturing technologies● Infrastructure/machinery for future
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3. Energy Technologies in the Lusatia Region
Recent H2-Projects, Networks and Initiatives
KALLINCHENDAUERTHAL•

Lusatia was selected as

HYSTARTER Region byGerman Federal Government

COTTBUSKABELSKETAL
BAD MUSKAULEIPZIG

SPREMBERG•

Institutional funding from German
Federal Government as partof coal phase-out•

Aim: to develop an action planfor implementing hydrogentechnology and establishing
stakeholder networks leading to100% renewable energy

SCHWARZHEIDEGÖRLITZ

DRESDENZITTAU

Source: Wirtschaftsregion Lausitz GmbH, Projekt Zukunftswerkstatt Lausitz, 2020, WFS & WFBB 2020

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3. Energy Technologies in the Lusatia Region
Flagship Projects: Siemens Innovation Campus Görlitz• Established in 1906 as turbine
manufacturing plant in Görlitz• Transformation into a technologicalinnovation hub• Cooperation platform withFraunhofer Society and universities,regional, national and international• Construction of hydrogen researchlab with Fraunhofer Society• Research on new manufacturing
technologies and digitally networkedprocesses• Goals:• Reducing CO2 emissions• Creating innovation lab toconnect leading experts• Establishing start-up center tosupport young businesses© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Cool

Innovation Campus Görlitz

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3. Energy Technologies in the Lusatia RegionHydrogen Lab Görlitz (HLG)

 General coordination
 System operators HLG
 Application and industry-related
research along the hydrogenvalue chain Pooling know-how of partners
involved in application-oriented
system solutions in H2 economy

Industry

ScienceMAIN MOTIVATION
Innovation driver for H2
and storage technologies© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Cool

National testing andcertification center for H2
and storage technologies

Politics

Other Other Partners from scienceand industry

 Contracting authority
 Research services
 Construction andpreparation of the building Innovative strength andexpertise in the field ofenergy
 Favorable infrastructure
boundary conditions

Free Stateof Saxony;
District Görlitz
 Project funding Support and network
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3. Energy Technologies in the Lusatia Region
HLG Roadmap: Implementation and Outlook● 2019:Signing of future pact, kickoff and conceptual design phase● 2020-21: Planning of the factory● 2021:
1. Realisation Phase● 2025:
2. Realisation Phase Detailed implementation of the research strategy
 Capacity increase to 12 - 15 MW
 Purchase of regional renewable electricity● HLG: Driving force for Lusatian H2- economy through initiation and participation inresearch projects, e.g.:
 Supply of H2 and O2 for the Siemens project " H2 - O2 combustion" and for thesteam generator of the turbine test stand Research project for the use of H2 in road transport - initiation of a hydrogen filling
station together with relevant cooperation partners
 Research project for the use of H2 in rail transport - e.g. for the cross-border route:
Görlitz - Zittau – Liberec● Strengthening cross-border (CZ, PL) networking and project initiation as well astechnology transfer in Lusatian companies● Intensifying vocational and academic education (e.g. apprenticeships, internships,master theses) in the field of hydrogen in close cooperation with the University ofApplied Sciences Zittau / Görlitz (HSZG)© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Cool

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4. Mobility in the Lusatia Region
Automotive & Rail transport technology
Saxony: Among four most prominent Automotive locations in Germany
BMW: i3, i8 in Leipzig
VW: e-Golf in Zwickau; 2021 new e-car mega factory
Porsche: Macan, Panamera chassis production in LeipzigSupplying Industries: Bosch, Phoenix Contact etc.
Japanese companies like Toyota-Denso, Hitachi Automotive etc.

Brandenburg: Hidden Champion in the Capital Region

Source: BMW AG

Mercedes Benz: Sprinter Logistics Van
VW Group: Design Center in Potsdam
BMW: Motorcycle Factory (Berlin)
Supplying Industries: ZF, Schaeffler, Gestamp,
IAV (Berlin HQ) etc.

TESLA Giga Factory Europe in Brandenburg (Grünheide)
underway, in vicinity of Lusatia. Capacity of 500,000 cars p.a.

TESLA Battery Factory in Brandenburg (Grünheide)© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Cool144. Mobility in the Lusatia Region
Automotive & Rail transport technology
DEKRA Test Center for Autonomous
Driving on Formula 1 Course
DEKRA is establishing Europe‘s biggest OEMindependent test center for automatic andconnected driving. 4 simulated courses (2 x
inner-city, highway, longhaul). Integration of
Vehicle-to-Vehicle- resp. Vehicle-toInfrastructure-Communication (V2V resp.
V2X)

Deutsche Bahn AG: Projekt HELMS(Hybrid Elektro-Mechanical Shunter)DB´s most-modern site will offer innovative
hybridization for energy-efficient powertransmission on two prototypes of the 294
series for DB Cargo. Hybrid-planet
transmission replaces the conventional flow
gearbox and an energy management system
will be established.
1,200 new jobs, 100 % renewable energy
supplied.

Source: DEKRA 2020

90 hectares investment-ready area

Source: DEKRA 2020

So green, so big, so modern like no otherIn 2023 Deutsche Bahn will start building its newest and biggest site for innovation, conversion andmaintenance in Cottbus / Lausitz

Source: DB AG 2020

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4. Mobility in the Lusatia Region
Aeronautical Engineering
DLR Institute for Electrified AeroEngines (Cottbus):

R&D for low-emission electrified aeroengines, H2-Technologies and electrical onboard systems.
Cooperation of Rolls Royce (Brandenburg),
Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) and Brandenburg State to foster R&D
for low-emission jet engines.

Source: DLR 2020

CHESCO – Center for HybridElectric Systems Cottbus

R&D on hybrid-electric and electricalsystems for airplanes, rail and roadvehicles (on- and off-road).
F-MERC: Fast Make Electrification ResearchCenter. Test Center for new technologies
and products (partners are Rolls Royce,
B-TU, APUS et al.)

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Source: APUS / B-TU 202016

5. Flagship Projects in Lusatia
BigBattery Lausitz

BigBattery Lausitz:• 25 million EUR investment• Primary control power of 53 MW• Full activation within 30 seconds• One of Europe‘s biggest lithium-ion batteries• Regular operation since summer 2020

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5. Flagship Projects in Lusatia
Further Hydrogen Projects• Chemicals and Energy from Renewables inSchwarzheide/Lausitz (chEErs)• Real-world laboratory for testing underauthentic conditions how renewable energy
sources can be utilized in innovative chemicalvalue chains• Applying „power-to-gas“ and „power-to-heat“
from surplus energy• Part of government initiative “Real-worldlaboratories of energy transition” with strong
funding• In Schwarzheide construction of H2 - basedstorage power plant enters first phase© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Cool

WALEMO – Model region for hydrogen, lightweight
construction and autonomous mobility
Goals:• Countering climate change and structuralchange in rural areas• Establishment of new business areas and asustainable value chain for H2 - poweredmobility• Attraction of start-ups and research
institutions for Lusatia
Idea:• Production of H2 via electrolysis• Storage of H2 and distribution in Lusatia• Design and production of light andautonomous driving vehicles powered by H2• Implementation of intelligent transportsystems for autonomous driving in ruralareas18

6. Testimonial: TD Deutsche Klimakompressor GmbH
Toyota Denso – Deutsche Klimakompressor GmbH (TDDK)
Kazushige MURAO, ManagingDirector of TDDK:• Joint venture of Toyota Industries Corporation andDenso Corporation• One of Europe’s leading manufacturers ofcompressors for car air conditionings• Producing for all renowned car makers• Successful company with combined expertise ofJapanese and German engineering• Prime example of fruitful Japanese investment
and bilateral cooperation in Lusatia© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Cool“As No.1 in the world market for car air
condition compressors we deliver ourrefrigerant compressors from Bernsdorf,
Western Lusatia, to the European car plantsof many OEM. Being located here for morethan 20 years we are with a thousand
employees and therefore biggest Japanese
investor in Lusatia firmly rooted in Lusatiansoil. We enjoyed each and every minute since
our investment decision for this site.”19

7. Incentives for Investment in Lusatia
GRW-G Growth Programme for Small Enterprises
Who can apply?

Small enterprises (SE)< 50 employees; sales or balance sheet total max. €10million

What will be funded?

• Investments eligible for funding of at least €60,000 up to amaximum of €2 million• Provision of funds in advance for capital expenditure• no pre-financing by companies necessary in the next 2months

How much funding
can you expect?*• Capex related grants or alternatively wage-related grants• Amount of funding for eligible investments:
Basic funding rate
30%
Border area bonus
10%
Maximum funding rate 40%

Funding rates are valid for
applications submitted until
30.09.2021* Funding regulations are valid until 31.12.2021© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Cool20

7. Incentives for Investment in Lusatia
GRW-G Growth Programme for Large Enterprises
Who can apply?

•Small enterprises (SE) with investment volume> €2 million
Medium-sized enterprises (ME)(< 250 employees and sales < €50 million,balance sheet total < €43 million)
Large enterprise (LE)•Investments eligible for funding starting at a minimum of €100,000••

What will be funded?

How much funding
can you expect? *Capex related or alternatively wage related grants
Funding amount for eligible investments up to max. €50 million**SEMELE
Basic funding
5%5%
5%
SME - supplement
20%
10%0%Structure- andQuality criteria
5%5%5%
Border area bonus
10%10%
10%
Funding ceiling
40%30%20%
Funding rates are valid for* Funding regulations are valid until 31.12.2021
applications submitted until** Additional conditions apply for investments over €50 million.
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8. Opportunities for Investment
Industrial Park „Schwarze Pumpe“
BigBattery

Available industrial areas

Renewable Energies

Railway Hub

Available industrial areas

250 hectares more, available in 2023
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8. Opportunities for Investment
Excellent business locations for your investment
Cottbus TIP
Technology & Industry ParkBERLIN

180 haIndustrial park in Cottbus andclose to Brandenburg
University of Technology

Airfield Schipkau /Industrial Park „Schwarzheide“„Green Areal Lausitz“
100% RE Industry Park (Drewitz)
209 hadedicated to new energy andmobility with 100% Renewable
Energy concept

125 haFormer airfield close to Industrial
Park Schwarzheide with excellent
logistics connection

GOLSSEN

Industrial Park „Schwarze Pumpe“
COTTBUS250 haDrewitz

excellent industrial infrastructure
BAD MUSKAULEIPZIG

SPREMBERG

Industrial Park „Boxberg“Industrial Park „Rietschen“

SCHWARZHEIDE

50 ha

13 ha

transition to future industries

R&D location for carbon fiber
GÖRLITZ

Industrial Park „Görlitz Ebersbach“

Industrial Park „Kamenz“

6 ha

DRESDEN

10 ha
different industrial hall sizes, thatare ready to move in© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to Coolhighly skilled workforce and greattransport infrastructure
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9. Japan in Lusatia
Japanese Companies and Infrastructure in Lusatia RegionCa. 4,500 Japanese
residents in thegreater Lusatia Region

BERLIN

Embassy of JapanFRANKFURT / ODERGOLSSEN

COTTBUSBAD MUSKAU
SPREMBERG

LEIPZIGSCHWARZHEIDEGÖRLITZ

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9. Your Landing Services at Hand
Your points of contact in Japan and in Germany

Location
Dresden, Saxony
Phone+49-351-2138 240
E-Mailalexandra.gering@wfs.saxony.deLocation
Potsdam, Brandenburg
Phone+49-331 73061 214
E-Mailroald.koch@wfbb.deAlexandra Gering
Saxony Economic Development Corp.
Alexandra Gering

Roald Koch

Fumihiro Asano

Economic Development
Agency Brandenburg

ザクセン州経済振興公社
日本代表部 代表

Team Lusatia

Saxony EconomicDevelopment Corp.
© 2021 – WFBB and WFS | Lusatia – From Coal to CoolTeam LusatiaAddress〒105-8501 東京都港区虎ノ門5-11-2
オランダヒルズ森タワー (c/o 三菱ＵＦ
Ｊリサーチ＆コンサルティング（株）)

Phone+81367333899
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9. Your Landing Services at Hand

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www.lausitz-invest.de/enPlease give us a call or

set up an online meeting(zoom, Teams or any other platform)

Alexandra Gering

Saxony Economic Development Corp.
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