Greeting by the Head of Education of the City of Kassel Nicole Maisch
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The future belongs to renewable energies!
And what does a livable future look like? Everyone's idea may be different, but one thing is certain: it will be based largely on clean, renewable and sustainable solar energy - or it will not be worth living in.
So this future also depends on the ingenuity of children and young people - the technicians and engineers of tomorrow.
In designing and building solar boats and SolaRobots, for example, the team that makes the most clever use of the sun's energy wins. The Cup thus promotes young people's thirst for research and action in a fun and exciting way.
And we learn better when we have fun, learn together and can put theory into practice right away. Planning, building, screwing, trying things out together, making mistakes and learning from them is a recipe for success. It's great that this kind of learning is initiated and supported in schools and also becomes visible and tangible outside of school in this great competition.
And who knows, maybe one or the other will discover a talent for the STEM subjects and support Kassel on its way to climate neutrality as a young talent to work in one of the many energy and mobility companies in the region or to study and research at our university with its strong focus on sustainability?
The city of Kassel is proud to once again host the Hessen SolarCup. I wish the organizational team of the University of Kassel, the cdw Foundation, Städtische Werke Kassel AG and Volkswagenwerk Kassel every success and the teams every success!
Nicole Maisch
Head of Department for Youth, Health, Education and Equal Opportunities of the City of Kassel