The Bergedorf Innovation Park offers companies new sites within an established research and innovation ecosystem for the industrial energy transition. Here, applied research and production come together, creating particularly favourable conditions for developing, testing and applying new technologies on an industrial scale. Over many years, a strong research and innovation hub has developed at the Bergedorf Innovation Park: the Competence Center for Energy Transition (CC4E) at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) conducts research into energy systems and energy storage, the Fraunhofer IWES into wind energy, and the Fraunhofer IAPT into technologies for sustainable additive manufacturing. The Innovation Park Bergedorf expands this environment by providing new sites for companies that benefit from close proximity to research institutions, infrastructure and industrial partners.
A unique ecosystem for innovation
From research hub to industrial ecosystem
The Bergedorf Innovation Park is taking shape: almost €500 million in public and private investment has already been initiated. Körber Technologies alone is investing more than €200 million in a new site for production, development and administration. This is complemented by extension buildings for Fraunhofer IAPT, CC4E and Fraunhofer IWES, as well as investments by Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH). In the immediate vicinity of the Innovation Park, the Swedish company Flower is also planning to build a large-scale battery storage facility with a capacity of 400 MWh. These investments are strengthening the research and energy infrastructure at the location and creating important conditions for further private investment and long-term industrial value creation.
Connected beyond Hamburg
The Bergedorf Innovation Park is part of a broader innovation and location strategy. Through the northern HY-5 Alliance and the Innovation and Science Parks for Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen (IWP) network of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, the location is connected with other energy and innovation regions. At the same time, the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link is strengthening the economic corridor between Hamburg, Copenhagen and southern Sweden. In this way, Bergedorf combines local strengths with national and international networks and exemplifies Hamburg’s strategy of creating future-oriented locations for innovation, industry and sustainable growth.
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“The Bergedorf Innovation Park is a flagship site for sustainable energy solutions and resource efficiency. Here, through collaboration between science and industry, forward-looking ideas will emerge and help us achieve our ambitious climate goals. Without innovation, there can be no green and sustainable future.”
Katharina Fegebank
Minister for the Environment, Climate, Energy, and Agriculture
“The energy transition will become an economic driver when renewable energy gives rise to new technologies, industrial applications, and high-quality jobs. At the Bergedorf Innovation Park, research, businesses, and energy infrastructure come together in one place to make this happen. This creates green value that has an impact far beyond the local area.”
Jan Rispens
Managing Director of Erneuerbare Energien Hamburg Clusteragentur GmbH (EEHH)
“The Bergedorf Innovation Park brings together everything needed for the industrialization of additive manufacturing: excellent research, industrial applications, and the right partners—all in one place. For IAMHH e.V., this creates a central hub for accelerating the transition of technologies into practical use and developing scalable production solutions in collaboration with companies.”
Dr. Maximilian Heres,
Chair of the Board, IAMHH e.V.
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“In the future Bergedorf Innovation Park, green hydrogen is to be used as a seasonal long-term storage solution with a potential for 50 TWh of power generation. Combined with the park’s other potential applications, this can demonstrate the key role hydrogen plays in the energy system.”
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Detlef Schulz,
Helmut Schmidt University, University of the German Armed Forces, Hamburg, Chair of Electrical Energy Systems
“As HAW Hamburg, we are contributing to the success of the energy transition at the Bergedorf Innovation Park—where, together with our partners, we combine practical research, innovation, and the transfer of technological knowledge.”
Prof. Dr. Ute Lohrentz
President of HAW Hamburg
“With the new Körber building in Hamburg's Bergedorf Innovation Park, Körber has established a new location right where the company's historical roots lie—in Hamburg Bergedorf. Through this investment decision, Körber is making a clear commitment to Hamburg as a hub for business and innovation.”
Dr. Roland König
Project Manager, Körber New Building Hamburg
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