Technologie- und Förderzentrum im Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (TFZ)

The TFZ is a research institution of the Free State of Bavaria within the Competence Center for Renewable Resources in Straubing. Directly subordinate to the Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry, it conducts applied research, funding, as well as technology and knowledge transfer in the field of renewable resources. With over 100 employees on a 1.6-hectare site, the TFZ covers a broad spectrum: from energy and raw material crops to biogenic solid fuels and renewable fuels, as well as material utilization and system assessment. Its goal is to advance the energy and raw material transition, protect the environment and climate, and provide practical solutions for agriculture, rural areas, crafts, industry, and politics.

The TFZ promotes sustainable energy and raw material supply through applied research and innovation support. It creates the framework for environmentally compatible cultivation methods, renewable energy technologies, and efficient biomass utilization through technology and knowledge transfer. In doing so, the TFZ supports the transformation to a climate-friendly, resource-conserving economy and thereby promotes the long-term well-being of people and nature.

The services of the TFZ are aimed at research actors and universities for national and international project collaborations, at agricultural and forestry enterprises for practice-oriented research on the cultivation and provision of energy and raw material crops, at municipalities and public authorities for the approval and consultation of funding measures for biomass projects, at industry and crafts for technology and knowledge transfer related to wood fuels, biofuels, and biogenic materials, as well as at politics and administration for expert assessments and committee work in the development of energy and climate protection strategies.