The Development Of The Solar Panel Industry In Germany With Focus On The Metropolitan Area Sachsendreieck As A Location Of Business And Its Position As A Role Model

In spite of the impressive development of the gasoline price, however, a lot of people still drive their cars, rapidly growing energy prices do not hinder people to heat and global warming is not taken for serious until now. But it should be noted that a new trend is recognized and we are just at the beginning. The importance to optimize this trend, to analyse every detail and to develop innovations, is shown and thus, a new partner for enterprises was born - the sun. This thesis has been produced to examine certain projects concerning the solar producing industry in Germany, in the past, the present and in the future. It deals with aspects to describe the former and current situation, but also future scenarios are given in the report. In this respect, a methodology is worked out where an introduction describes the scope of the assignment as well as its objectives and how to reach them. Secondly, a chapter is made for describing the solar panel industry in Germany with basic information, definitions and explanations. Different factors play an important role in this respect. Furthermore, the region with the most solar panel producing companies, the Sachsendreieck in the Eastern part of Germany is mentioned and analysed. Also a company, named Q Cells, Germany s biggest solar cells producer, settled down over there. From a management perspective, improvements can be made, future developments can be expected with experts interviews from this sector and the Research and Development department is just at its start. To widen this topic within the European Union, the EU Objectives 2020 also give an incentive to work on this topic, because the goals seem to be realizable but only with a lot of effort and help from outside. In this respect, a focus group from different EU countries was asked if they would apply a certain strategy from a successful area like the Sachsendreieck . If this is the case, chapter 4 is enlightening more. As it is analyzed, there is still a lot of room, not in finding out new processes and procedures, but about optimizing, to be prepared for the future s run.