ERN - Energy Raw Materials Network

The Energy Raw Materials Network (ERN) continues the  activities of the former information platform “German  Center for Gasification Technologies” (DeZeV). Currently, ten partners from science and industry in the fields of  energy and Carbon resource conversion are active in the ERN.

The network provides a platform for collaboration, knowledge transfer and exchange through regular  meetings, courses, workshops and conferences.

Topics addressed by the ERN include new developments, current projects and operational experiences linked to:

• The efficient, sustainable and economical utilization of primary and secondary carbon resources in particular for the provision of base chemicals, fuels, coke, other carbonaceous products and hydrogen
• Strategies, approaches and technologies for reduction of carbon footprint, e.g. CO₂ minimization, carbon capture, storage and utilization (CCS&U).

The network activities promote scientific exchange along the whole carbon innovation and value chain from fundamental research to commercial applications. The ERN will be integrated into the Circular Carbon Economy Network (CCE). This network brings together science and industry partners from energy, chemical, waste management and recycling sectors and focuses on promoting a transformation from a linear to circular carbon economy and closing the carbon cycle.

Partners are

	TU Bergakademie Freiberg Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering
	RWE Power AG
	BASF
	Mibrag mbH
	Envirotherm GmbH
	German Biomass Research Center
	TAF Thermische Apparate Freiberg GmbH
	UTF GmbH
	IBExU Institut für Sicherheitstechnik GmbH Technical engineering service company in the field of explosion protection
	Eurofins Umwelt Ost GmbH Niederlassung Freiberg