Europe – Québec Rendez-Vous 2012

Discover European markets: Germany

Projects, challenges, opportunities

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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!

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