With more than 110,000 employees, six Verbund sites and 338 additional production sites around
the world, we serve our customers and partners in almost all of the world’s countries.
We combine economic success, social responsibility and environmental protection. With research
and innovation, we help our customers in virtually all industries meet the requirements of society,
today and in the future. Our products and system solutions help conserve resources, provide
healthy nutrition and foods, and improve the quality of life.
Our company mission statement sums up the contribution made by BASF: 

Renewable Energy

The research field of renewable energy production generates new materials for solar thermal, photovoltaic and photochemical conversion solar energy through application-oriented development. In addition, prining processes of various photovoltaic thchnologies and ageing procedures are developed. Our work is conducted in a competence center for printing that is unparalleled in the world.

Energy Storage

In this fiels, storage technologies, procedures and components are developed that are essential for renewable-based energy systems. The focus is on chemical and thermal storage sytstems, as well as electical. In out "Speichertechnikum" we can simulate and test these developments under real-life conditions.

Electricity Networks

Energy Verbund: Linkage of energy flows between production plants

Energy Production: High efficient combinded heat and power plants(CHP) with combined cycle gas turbines(CCGT)

Energy Efficiency: Process optimization e.g. new catalysts in the acrylic acid plant, heat intergration,...