Southeast Lower Saxony
Updated on 12.09.2024
The territorial cluster of Southeast Lower Saxony is formed of multiple stakeholders, including municipalities (cities, districts), regional authorities, companies (Salzgitter AG, VW, Electrocycling, H.C. Starck), scientific organisations (universities, research centres, Fraunhofer), civil society actors, and existing networks and communities of interest (REWIMET).
The transformation to a sustainable circular economy (CE) is the common motivation of the members of the territory.
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The transformation to a sustainable circular economy (CE) is the common motivation of the members of the territory.
The Braunschweig Regional Development Office (ArL, responsible interdepartmental, state authority) represents the cluster and employs people in research, education, and administration.
The Clausthal University of Technology (TUC, mandated to develop the circular region) is responsible for organisation and employs people from the fields of regional state development and structural support.
The municipalities and companies of corresponding representatives are also involved in the development of the circular region.
GDP or GDP Category (at NUTS 3 level) Eurostat, same as cohesion policy 2019:
2019: Less developed region
Urban rural predominance: Intermediate - one predominantly rural region
Link to existing circular economy strategy and/or action plan
The status of the circular economy in the region was assessed and the report on this will be published shortly. Several key topics for the region have been identified and will be implemented further: circular production for batteries, living lab “digitized Circular Economy”, CO2-reduced steel production, working conditions in a Circular Economy, urban mining, business models as well as education and communication. Ongoing and new activities involving several actors of the whole region Southeast Lower Saxony are “future lab circular economy”, “human-centred working condition in a Circular Economy” and “Circular Rural Region Municipality of Goslar”.
The regional action strategy of the region of Braunschweig (2021-2027, including Southeast Lower Saxony) aims among others at the conservation of resources, focused on:
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Sustainable production systems
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Regionalisation of value chains/clusters
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Land consolidation
The recycling cluster ‘REWIMET’, active in the region, supports its members in initiating projects and in communication activities.
Leading organisation
Braunschweig Regional Development Office represented by Clausthal University of Technology, Research
Unit/department/section
Technology Transfer and Transformation
Main partners/stakeholders
- Braunschweig Regional Development Office
- Clausthal University of Technology
- City of Braunschweig
- City of Salzgitter
- City of Wolfsburg
- District of Goslar
- District of Gifhorn
- District of Peine
- District of Helmstedt
- District of Wolfenbüttel
- Technical University Braunschweig
- Salzgitter AG
- REWIMET e. V.
- Electrocycling GmbH
- H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH
- VW AG
- Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences
- Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST
- Automotive Research Centre Niedersachsen (NFF)
Objectives
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Other activities
Sustainable energy storage is an important part of the energy transition and thus of the CE. The ProZell cluster combines activities for circular battery cell production, including the Battery Lab Factory Braunschweig. Building on the approaches of this cluster, the greenBatt cluster was established, focussing on recycling and the circular flow of recyclable materials. More than 15 projects are running in this cluster as association of the Technical Universities of Clausthal and Braunschweig and the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences.
In addition to material and process development, automated process chains for circular production are also being considered. Regional companies are developing processes along the entire after-use chain, from Second Life applications to the recovery of raw materials.
Link to Circular Systemic Solution
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Circular economy good practices
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Participation in other relevant initiatives
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Key publications, policies, legislations and initiatives
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Support from CSO
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