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The Northern German Living Lab (NRL) is an innovative joint project that aims to test new ways of achieving climate neutrality. To this end, production and living areas with particularly high energy consumption are being gradually defossilized and converted to renewable energy sources – especially in industry, but also in the heat supply and mobility sectors.

Project Management at the CC4E

The Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency (CC4E) at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences is responsible for the central project management of the NRL. Mike Blicker is the NRL project coordinator. The majority of the partners involved have already worked together successfully under the leadership of the CC4E in the project NEW 4.0 - North German Energy Transition.

Project Partner

More than 50 partners from business, science and politics stand behind the Northern German Living Lab. They work closely together as an energy transition alliance: Together, the NRL partners want to create sustainable innovations, trigger economic impulses, and strengthen Northern Germany as an industrial location.

Project

Eight electrolysers with a hydrogen generation capacity of more than 40 MW are operated in the Northern German Living Lab. They are used to replace fossil fuels in industrial processes with hydrogen or its derivatives. In addition, several projects are being implemented in the NRL that enable waste heat utilization in the amount of 700 GWh per year. In the mobility sector, several hydrogen filling stations and fuel cell vehicles are being tested in different usage scenarios.

Climate Protection

The goal of the Northern German Living Lab is to test the transformation path for an integrated energy system that will succeed in reducing CO2 emissions in the north by 75 percent by 2035. The subprojects planned during this period of the NRL can save more than 350,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year. The large-scale approach gives the project a supra-regional model role for hydrogen-based sector coupling in Germany and in Europe.

Funding

The major project will run for five years (04/2021-03/2026). The investment volume of the partners involved amounts to around 405 million euros. As part of the funding initiative “Reallabore der Energiewende” (Living Labs of the Energy Transition), the NRL is being funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) with around 55 million euros. Further funding is provided by the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV).

Further Information

More detailed information in English about the NRL can be found on our English Website. Further materials and scientific publications of the NRL can be find there as well or at: CC4E-Marketing and Communication.

Project Team:

Mike Blicker , Mechtild Miß , Susann-Viola Brandt , Nicolas Restrepo Lopez , Astrid Saidi , Holger Wiertzema , Prof. Dr. Hans Schäfers , Prof. Dr. Jens-Eric von Düsterlho , Prof. Dr. Gerwald Lichtenberg , Jonas Bannert , Lucas Jürgens , Martin Grasenack , Carsten Schütte , Felix Doucet , Dr. Sandra Meyer-Ghosh , Marah Engels , Marit Mohr , Astrid Alvarez , Robin Jaede , Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Timmerberg , Marc Weidemüller

Project Leader

Mike Blicker

Duration

04/2021 - 03/2026

Budget

6.210.039 €

Unit

CC4E - Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency

Contact

Mike Blicker

Strategische Projektentwicklung und wissenschaftliche Teamleitung / X-Energy Partnerschaftssprecher / Koordinator Norddeutsches Reallabor NRL

Competence Center Erneuerbare Energien und Energieeffizienz

T +49 40 428 75-5846

mike.blicker (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de

pmo-nrl (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de

Project title	Unit	Funding	Duration	Status	Status	focal	fac_dep
AblaPyro	CC4E - Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency Faculty of Life Sciences	Federal government funding	1672569960 01/2023 - 12/2024	1672569960	Aktuell Ongoing	;Energy and Sustainability;	;Forschungsprojekte-Klassifizierung; ;CC4E - Projektestartseite; ;Drittmittelgeber; ;Federal government funding; ;CC4E - Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency; ;Faculty of Life Sciences; ;Department of Environmental Engineering; ;Schwerpunktfelder; ;Energy and Sustainability; ;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft;
BELLE	CC4E - Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency Faculty of Life Sciences	Federal government funding	1677625200 03/2023 - 02/2026	1677625200	Aktuell Ongoing	;Energy and Sustainability; ;Mobility and Transport;	;Forschungsprojekte-Klassifizierung; ;CC4E - Projektestartseite; ;Drittmittelgeber; ;Federal government funding; ;CC4E - Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency; ;Faculty of Life Sciences; ;Department of Environmental Engineering; ;Schwerpunktfelder; ;Energy and Sustainability; ;Mobility and Transport; ;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft;
CamPuls II	CCG - Competence Center for Health Faculty of Life Sciences	Other	1638309600 11/2021 - 11/2024	1638309600	Aktuell Ongoing	;Health and Nutrition;	;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft; ;Health and Nutrition; ;CCG - Competence Center for Health; ;Faculty of Life Sciences; ;RTC Medicine, Health and Technology; ;Department of Health Sciences; ;Other;
CTRL-Peaks	CC4E - Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency	Federal government funding	1648764300 04/2022 - 09/2025	1648764300	Aktuell Ongoing	;Energy and Sustainability;	;Forschungsprojekte-Klassifizierung; ;CC4E - Projektestartseite; ;Drittmittelgeber; ;Federal government funding; ;CC4E - Competence Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency; ;Schwerpunktfelder; ;Energy and Sustainability; ;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft;
EDIH4urbanSAVE	Faculty of Business and Social Sciences	EU funding	1669849200 12/2022 - 11/2025	1669849200	Aktuell Ongoing	;Energy and Sustainability; ;Mobility and Transport;	;EU funding; ;Faculty of Business and Social Sciences; ;Department of Business; ;RTC Business Innovation Lab (BIL); ;Energy and Sustainability; ;Mobility and Transport; ;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft;
iMath	Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science	EU funding	1640988000 12/2021 - 06/2024	1640988000	Aktuell Ongoing		;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft; ;Diverse Research Activities; ;Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science; ;Department of Mechanical Engineering and Production Management; ;EU funding;
MARGE	Faculty of Life Sciences	Federal government funding	1667257200 11/2022 - 10/2025	1667257200	Aktuell Ongoing	;Energy and Sustainability;	;Federal government funding; ;Faculty of Life Sciences; ;Department of Nutrition and Home Economics; ;Schwerpunktfelder; ;Energy and Sustainability; ;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft;
RAT Extension	Faculty of Design, Media and Information	German Research Foundation	1627761600 07/2021 - 07/2024	1627761600	Aktuell Ongoing	;IT, Communication and Media;	;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft; ;IT, Communication and Media; ;Faculty of Design, Media and Information; ;Department of Information, Media and Communication; ;German Research Foundation;
RECC-LUM	Faculty of Life Sciences	Federal government funding	1693519200 09/2023 - 08/2025	1693519200	Aktuell Ongoing	;Energy and Sustainability;	;Federal government funding; ;Faculty of Life Sciences; ;Department of Health Sciences; ;RTC Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management (NK); ;Energy and Sustainability; ;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft;
SAMSON	Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science	Federal government funding	1671058800 12/2022 - 12/2025	1671058800	Aktuell Ongoing	;Energy and Sustainability; ;Health and Nutrition;	;Federal government funding; ;Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science; ;Department of Computer Science; ;CS4F; ;RTC Smart Systems; ;Energy and Sustainability; ;Health and Nutrition; ;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft;
SEO effect 2	Faculty of Design, Media and Information	German Research Foundation	1648756800 03/2022 - 03/2025	1648756800	Aktuell Ongoing	;IT, Communication and Media;	;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft; ;IT, Communication and Media; ;Faculty of Design, Media and Information; ;Department of Information, Media and Communication; ;German Research Foundation;
Stracyfic	CCG - Competence Center for Health Faculty of Life Sciences	Federal government funding	1685570400 06/2023 - 05/2026	1685570400	Aktuell Ongoing	;Health and Nutrition;	;Federal government funding; ;CCG - Competence Center for Health; ;Faculty of Life Sciences; ;Department of Health Sciences; ;Health and Nutrition; ;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft;
TRACE4EU	Faculty of Life Sciences	EU funding	1685570400 06/2023 - 11/2024	1685570400	Aktuell Ongoing	;IT, Communication and Media;	;RTC CyberSec; ;EU funding; ;Faculty of Life Sciences; ;Department of Industrial Engineering and Management; ;IT, Communication and Media; ;von FuT eingetragen/geprüft;

Northern German Living Lab (incl. Sub-projects)