
Bioenergy villages go their own way. The Bavarian community of Ascha is an outstanding example.more
The success of the energy revolution hinges on efficiency. The new German energy policy could become an export hit.more
And the most important answers: how Germany plans to phase out nuclear power and promote the breakthrough of renewable energies.more
A German invention is celebrating its birthday. Carl Benz’s first automobile was a revolution in 1886. 2011 is all about mobility.more
Which technology will replace the internal combustion engine? When will it be ready to launch? What are the different manufactures doing?more
Following the nuclear accident in Japan, Germany aims to phase out nuclear power within a decade.more

Efficient engines used to be the hallmark of outstanding quality when it came to cars. Now lightweight construction has become a new formula for success.more
An interview with renowned architect and sustainable building pioneer Professor Dr. Werner Sobek about the future of housing and mobility.more
Car manufacturers and architects are working on solutions that combine mobility and housing and transform homes into charging stations for electric cars.more
The scientists of the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) in Kiel are increasingly relying on sophisticated robot technology. Effective equipment is developed mainly by North American companies.more

Germany’s new space strategy is based on increased international cooperation. NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are setting a good example in this field.more
Southwest Germany has become a leading centre of the software industry. A visit to three IT ideas factories.more
From the automobile crumple zone to the Airbus A380, from mosquito repellent to computer tomography: for decades German innovations have promoted progress in a wealth of different waysmore

An interview with Dr Franz Lärmer, Europe’s Inventor of the Year 2007 and advance thinker with the German technology company Bosch, about how a really convincing idea becomes a market success.more

Frank Riemensperger, innovation expert and Accenture manager, speaks about various companies’ successful innovation strategies, mega trends and the opportunities for Germany as a business location.more

There is no recipe for innovations. However, companies can install structures so as to successfully promote good ideas. An expert explains how this is done: Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl is an innovation researcher and...more

An interview with Albert Speer, the renowned German architect and urban planner, about sustainability, megacities and deserted villagesmore

“Better City, Better Life” is the theme of Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The future belongs to cities – but they face great challenges. The German Pavilion “balancity” presents answers for urban life in the future and is based entirely...more

The Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) is investing heavily in its German research facility in Bochum. The company has not only developed its new smartphone in the city, it has also set up its European quality control...more
Driving a car has never been more environmentally friendly: at the 63rd International Motor Show in Frankfurt in September 2009, manufacturers from all over the world presented new eco-models with hybrid and electric drives....more