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Europe – Québec Rendez-Vous 2012
Discover European markets: Germany
Projects, challenges, opportunities
Montréal, Québec, 03/10/12 Heike Uhlemann 2
The German Market I
Munich
Stuttgart
Frankfurt
Düsseldorf
Hamburg
BerlinHannover
Erfurt Dresden
Basic data� Area: 357,121.41 km2 (Bavaria:
70,550 km2 - largest Federal State in Germany)
� Population: 81.84 Mio Inhabitants (Bavaria: 12.5 Mio. (number 9 in the EU ranking)
� GDP (2011): 3,755 Billion Euros (Bavaria 2010: 442.4 Billion Euros - number 8 in the EU ranking)
� Number of companies: 3.72 million,
99.6% SMEs (employing 79.5 percent of all
employees in Germany)
� Total turnover of all companies*: EUR 5.36
trillion, 38.0% SME turnover
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The German Market II
Best location factorsGermany Bavaria
According to AmCham Business Barometer 2011
� Economic strength: diversified mixture of businesses
� Infrastructure: excellent nationwide infrastructure
� Framework conditions: governmental promotion of forward thinking industries (e. g. solar and biotech)
� Human capital: highly qualified workforce, skilled talent pool
innovation
welfare
competitiveness
economic strengh
growth
33.5 %
(1995 - 2010)
Export volume:
160 Bn. € (2011)
GDP per capita:
35,337 € (2010)
13,340 Patent applications
(2011)*
dynamics
GDP: 442.4 Bn. €
(2010)
stability
115,538 start-ups
(2011)
Unemployment rate:
3,8 % (2011)
* 22.6 % of all applications
Source: American Chamber of Commerce Germany, Boston Consulting Group 2011
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Source: Federal Statistical Office, Federal Ministry of Finance, ifm Bonn 2011
The German Market II
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The German Cleantech Market
Cleantech expertise in Germany
� Renewable energy and energy storage technologies (e. g. solar, wind, biomass, biogas, waste to energy plants)
� Energy efficiency (in buildings, products and production processes, machines as well as measurement and control engineering)
� Material efficiency, new materials & recycling technologies
� Sustainable mobility (e-mobility, smart infrastructure)
� Water treatment technologies (drinking water, industrial water)
� Climate protection technologies and applications (filter, sewage plant and waste treatment plants etc.)
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“Hightech strategy 2020”
National concept on R&D funding to help Germany lead the way in confronting
global challenges, focus topics for example: climate and energy, mobility etc.
Projects in the field “climate and energy”
� CO2 neutral energy efficient and climate adjusted city (560 Mio. EUR)
� Intelligent reorganization of the energy supply system (3,7 Bn. EUR)
� Renewable primary products as oil alternative or substitute (570 Mio. EUR)
Projects in the field “mobility”• Sustainable mobility (2,19 Bn. EUR)
The German Cleantech Market
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Regional example: Cluster-Offensive Bayern
19 competence fields
mobility� Automotive
� Railway technology
� Logistics
� Aerospace
materials� new materials
� chemicals
� nano technology
human andenvironment� biotechology
� medical technology
� energy technology
� environmental
technology
� forrest and wood
� nutrition
Information and electronics� information and communication
� sensorics
� power electronics
� mechatronics and automation
Services and media� financial services
� media & print
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International cleantech fairs in Germany
■ IFAT Entsorga – focus: waste, recycling & water
technologies, Munich
■ Terratec, Leipzig: – focus: clean technologies and
services,
■ Enertec, Leipzig – focus: intellegient and efficent
energy systems
■ Wasser Berlin, Berlin – focus: water technologies
■ Waste to Energy and Recycling, Bremen – focus:
energy and material from waste and biomass
■ Intersolar, Munich – focus: solar energy,
■ Husum Wind, Husum – focus: wind energy
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Main Entities in Germany/Bavaria
Germany
■ Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI)
http://www.gtai.de/GTAI/Navigation/EN/trade.html
■ Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce
http://kanada.ahk.de/en/
■ KfW Bankengruppe (development finance, sustainablity)
http://www.kfw.de/kfw/en/index.jsp
Bavaria
■ Invest in Bavaria
http://www.invest-in-bavaria.de/en/home/
■ Cluster Energietechnik
■ Umweltcluster Bayern
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Hand in Hand into a better future
Key Message
� Germany has ambitious targets for its economy and society in regards to the global challenges
� numerous clean tech projects are waiting (e. g. energy change, sustainable mobility) that offer interesting business opportunities
� Germany has a great number of advanced clean tech companies offering clean tech solutions and services
Thank you!
Any questions?