Market research company EuPD has forecast a monumental rise in the sales of solar power storage systems over the next four years, the projections showing 100,000 units sold in 2018, up from 6,000 in 2013. The most significant reason for the change is the cost reduction of PV-generated electricity.
Germany's concept for this 'fundamental interconnectedness of all things' industrial concept is known as Industrie 4.0. At the forthcoming Hannover Expo, Germany Trade & Invest will be hosting a moderated podium discussion on integrated industry, where renowned national and international experts from the worlds of industry and R&D will discuss the importance of Industrie 4.0 for the future of production and German's leading role in this field.
Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWe) on Friday released the updated 'incentive map' of Germany, representing areas defined by the Joint Task "Regional Economic Structure Improvement" (GRW) as targeted areas of improvement within the federal republic.
Water is the oil of the 21st century. Wars are going to be fought over water and it needs to be managed better, politically and economically.
Europe is not a big player in aircraft scrapping and recycling, but with the most likely aircraft recycling business model a decentralized one with multitudes of specialist companies dealing with the multitudinous different materials in aircraft parts, it might well grow to be so, especially in Germany.
German solar photovoltaic generation peaked at around 15 GW on 11 May 2014 – a record high that caused prices to sink briefly into the negative. Germany Trade & Invest will be at Intersolar Europe in Munich from 4 – 6 June at booth #534 in hall B1.
E-commerce is booming in Germany: online sales hit almost EUR 40 billion (USD 55 billion) in 2013 and are set to top EUR 100 billion (USD 137 billion) in 2020 - a 300 percent increase on 2012. Germany has the largest e-commerce market in Europe with 25 percent of European e-commerce turnover.
German mobile data use increased in 2013 by 71 percent on 2012 to 267 million gigabytes with 85 percent of German internet users now reaching for a mobile device to surf online, the latest figures from the German IT industry association BITKOM show.
Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI), the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany, is hosting a conference and dinner for companies in the ICT sector on Wednesday 25, June in London.
The latest analysis from the Fraunhofer ISE solar energy research institute shows that photovoltaic systems generated a record 24.24 GW between 1 and 2 pm on Friday, June 6 and a total of 1.26 TWh over the entire week.
