Tag: Industrial policy
How Germany could create its own ChatGPT
Artificial intelligence Germany is strong in research into artificial intelligence, and more start-ups are also forming. There are problems with financing and computing capacity. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Download Here Berlin,…
Japan joins US chip restrictions against China
Download Here Japanese Economy and Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura The Japanese government is trying not to make the new export controls appear as a measure against China. (Photo: AP) Tokyo…
Ursula von der Leyen wants to restrict European investments in China
Download Here Berlin, Brussels EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is campaigning for state controls on investments by European companies in China. The European Union must prevent the capital…
Ursula von der Leyen wants to restrict European investments in China
Download Here Berlin, Brussels EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is campaigning for state controls on investments by European companies in China. The European Union must prevent the capital…
National reform program Employers criticize the federal government’s lack of ambition for reform
Download Here Employer President Rainer Dulger “What really helps us entrepreneurs now so that the investment pipeline doesn’t run dry are clear priorities and the courage to change.” (Photo: IMAGO/Bernd…
Why the changeover in Poland, Italy, France is faster
Installation of a heat pump Heat pumps are also heavily subsidized by the state in other European countries. (Photo: In Pictures/Getty Images) Download Here Düsseldorf, Vienna, Paris, Rome Germany is…
There is a phantom debate about e-fuels
Download Here E fuel E-fuels are inefficient, cars fueled with them require almost five times as much energy per kilometer as a battery car, and they are correspondingly expensive. (Photo:…
Will we soon be storing CO2 underground in Germany?
Download Here Dusseldorf When it comes to the energy transition, the majority of Germans officially want more renewable energies – but just not in their own neighborhood. Opencast coal mining…
Rock-Tech boss relies on closed lithium cycle
CEO Dirk Harbecke With his company, Harbecke tackles the construction of a lithium converter in Guben, Brandenburg. (Photo: Rock Tech Lithium) Download Here Berlin, Zurich Dirk Harbecke, CEO of Rock…
Habeck releases million-euro project from SAP
Download Here Berlin Whether in autonomous driving, controlling energy networks or coordinating supply chains: the intelligent use of data is becoming increasingly important in business. Twelve member states of the…
Hope for billions in funding for German car manufacturers: US government plans raw material agreement
Completed electric cars are waiting to be transported Previously, European electric cars would have been excluded from US subsidies. (Photo: dpa) Download Here Berlin According to Handelsblatt information, European car…
Italy wants to bring green hydrogen from Africa to Germany
Snam gas compressors on the border with Austria 1.7 megatons of hydrogen could be exported from Italy to Austria and Germany per year. Download Here Milan, Berlin The Italian pipeline…
How Prime Minister Orban is running down Hungary
Victor Orban The Hungarian prime minister presents himself as an ardent patriot. (Photo: Reuters) Download Here Vienna Viktor Orban has few friends within the European Union, and the meeting between…
How Europe is bureaucratizing a historic opportunity
Download Here When it comes to new technologies, “disruptions” and “revolutions” are usually not far away. These terms should actually describe events of the century. But now they’re being used…
More courage in structural change
Download Here The author Veronika Grimm is Professor of Economics at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and a member of the Advisory Council for the Assessment of Macroeconomic Development. Hardly any question is…
Green technology Comeback of the command economy? Europe wants to steer production decisions
Ursula von der Leyen The EU Commission President wants to reduce Europe’s economic dependence on China. (Photo: AP) Download Here Brussels, Berlin It was a matter of overcoming a precarious…
Green technology Comeback of the command economy? Europe wants to steer production decisions
Download Here Brussels, Berlin It was a matter of overcoming a precarious dependency and strengthening Europe’s sovereignty, even then. The “Plan Calcul”, put into effect by French President Charles de…
South Korea wants to create the world’s largest chip cluster
Samsung chip factories Samsung factories in Pyeongtaek: The world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer wants to invest more than 200 billion euros in new factories in its homeland. (Photo: via REUTERS) Download…
How much more energy can we save?
Download Here Dusseldorf Germany is one of the industrially most important countries in Europe – but faces the challenge of decarbonizing its CO2-intensive economy in the coming years. The goal…
Volkswagen builds battery cell plant in Canada
Download Here Salzgitter Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen is building its next battery cell plant in North America, more precisely in Canada. The group and VW’s battery subsidiary PowerCo announced this…