Living Lab 70GW Offshore Wind will be represented at Hannover Messe 2026 in the week from April 20 to April 24, 2026 as part of the TEN.efzn research program. The focus of the presentation is the dialog with stakeholders from science, business, politics and civil society on the central challenges of accelerated offshore wind expansion.
On Monday, living lab spokesperson Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Torsten Schlurmann discussed at the Expert Stage in Hall 12 in the panel discussion “TEN.efzn: Energy Research from Lower Saxony – Rethinking the Energy Transition” together with Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lehnhoff and Julia Zilles, how the energy transition in Lower Saxony and beyond can be actively shaped by research in an interdisciplinary way. The range of perspectives represented – from energy informatics and interdisciplinary wind energy research to social science transformation issues – reflected the integrated approach of TEN.efzn.
Following the panel discussion, Lower Saxony’s Minister for Science and Culture, Falko Mohrs, and the Minister for Europe and Regional Development, Melanie Walter, visited the efzn stand. Both visits offered the opportunity to discuss the objectives and research work of the Living Lab 70GW Offshore Wind in more detail and to discuss current issues relating to offshore wind expansion with the political level.
Until Friday, April 24, 2026, you can find out more about the Living Lab 70GW Offshore Wind and TEN.efzn’s contributions to the future of energy supply at the efzn stand at the “Lower Saxony Innovation and Research” joint stand of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (Hall 11, Stand B56). The living lab team will be available there for discussions, questions and background information.
The trade fair appearance will focus on the presentation of our ongoing and completed measurement campaigns as part of the living lab. You can find all the information here: https://reallabor.offshore.uol.de/messkampagnen/
