The Technical University of Dresden (TUD) is a university of excellence and one of the most powerful research institutions in Germany. With around 8,300 employees and around 29,000 students in 17 faculties, it is one of the largest technically oriented universities. Founded in 1828, it is now a globally oriented, regionally anchored top university that aims to make innovative contributions to solving global challenges. In research and teaching, it combines engineering and natural sciences with the humanities, social sciences and medicine. This nationwide outstanding diversity of subjects enables the university to promote interdisciplinarity and bring science into society.
50Hertz operates the electricity transmission network in the north and east of Germany and expands it as needed for the energy transition. Our high-voltage network has a circuit length of over 10,000 kilometers – that is the distance from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro. The 50Hertz network area includes the federal states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia as well as the city states of Berlin and Hamburg. In these regions, 50Hertz, with around 1,800 employees, ensures the electricity supply to 18 million people around the clock. 50Hertz is a leader in the safe integration of renewable energies: in our network area, we want to safely integrate 100 percent renewable energies into the network and system by 2032. The shareholders of 50Hertz are the listed Belgian holding company Elia Group (80 percent) and the KfW banking group with 20 percent. As a European transmission system operator, 50Hertz is a member of the European association ENTSO-E
As the world’s leading resource of independent energy experts and technical advisors, we help industries and governments manage the many complex, interconnected change processes taking place in the energy industry globally and regionally. Through our consulting, monitoring, verification and certification services, we provide assurance across the entire energy value chain – from generation and production, transmission and distribution to end use. We support the operation of high-risk physical and digital assets and systems in the areas of wind, solar/photovoltaic, energy storage, hydrogen, oil, gas, synthetic fuels, power grids and carbon capture and storage. Our more than 5,000 dedicated experts who work closely with our customers in the energy sector make us the trusted partner to manage the greatest global change in a generation: the energy transition.
The SachsenEnergie group of companies ensures the best quality of life in Saxony with modern solutions and products for electricity, gas, heat, water, telecommunications, electromobility and smart services. Over 3,700 employees are committed to a contemporary infrastructure and energy services of the future. As the largest municipal utility in eastern Germany, SachsenEnergie is helping to shape the energy transition, invests in the expansion of regional infrastructure and guarantees the security of supply of tomorrow. More than 160 municipalities rely on tailor-made supply concepts and offers for modern municipal energy management. In addition to SachsenEnergie AG, the group of companies includes SachsenServices, SachsenGigaBit and the network operator SachsenNetze. SachsenNetze is the electricity and gas network operator in Dresden and eastern Saxony. As part of the SachsenEnergie group of companies, they ensure reliable energy distribution in the network areas with a modern and efficient infrastructure. In 2024, SachsenNetze will invest around 263 million euros in expansion and renewal measures for the electricity, gas and hydrogen networks – 210 million euros for the electricity networks alone.
TenneT is a leading European grid operator. We are committed to a secure and reliable power supply – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We are helping to shape the energy transition – for a sustainable, reliable and affordable energy future. As the first cross-border transmission system operator, we plan, build and operate a high and extra-high voltage network over 25,000 kilometers long in the Netherlands and large parts of Germany and enable the European energy market with our 17 interconnectors to neighboring countries. With a turnover of EUR 9.2 billion and a balance sheet total of EUR 45 billion, we are one of the largest investors in national and international power grids, on land and at sea. Every day, our 8,300 employees do their best and, in the spirit of our values of responsibility, courage and networking, ensure that more than 43 million end users can rely on a stable power supply.