German policy makers are relying on a policy mix made up of ambitious targets, technology-push, demand-pull and systemic instruments to increase the share of renewable energy technologies and to foster the German Energiewende. The impact…

By now the German construction boom keeps the industry extremely busy and future trends such as smart home, energy efficiency, safety engineering and e-mobility are likely to even widen the scope of the building installation. Thus, the…

The catering sector comprises any place where you can buy ready-made meals and/ or drinks. It includes high class restaurants as well as cafeterias and takeaways, wine bars as well as pubs and discotheques. The development in this sector…

Securing professionals and competences for the future! This was the slogan for the fifth colloquium organized by the vocational training committee of the associations of the energy and water industries, which took place from 4^th to 5^th…

Driven by the “Energiewende”, many new players in the market of energy production and energy trade have emerged. Mostly smaller companies which are often new in the market benefit from the priority access of renewable energy sources and…

What is known as Hermesdeckung offers exporting firms the opportunity to bail their export businesses. In this context, countries are being classified with respect to their guarantee to pay back their credit. This classification ranges…

Following the expansionof renewable energieshouseholds areincreasingly providing their own heat and electricity.Prosumerhouseholdsconsumeat least a portionof the energy they producethemselves.TheGWSDiscussion Paper15/14provi…

Together with the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT), the GWS identified the main leading…

Within the QuBe project (qualifications and occupations in the future, www.qube-project.de) IAB, BIBB and GWS analysed the impact of Industry 4.0 on the labour market and the economy. The impact analysis was conducted by means of the…

After years of decline or stagnation, Germany is currently expecting a rising population due to the large number of people migrating to the country. Besides the migration of Europeans looking for a job in Germany, it is, however,…