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Social heat transition

2025
| Project

Our joint study with Fraunhofer IEE on behalf of Agora Energiewende shows how the right policy mix can enable the social heat transition.

Pension provision: Five ideas for higher pensions for women

2025
| Project

On average, women receive significantly lower pensions than men. Our study for the GDV shows how they can strengthen their retirement provision.

Rail4Climate: Improving efficiency in the Austrian rail sector

ongoing
| Project

With Rail4Climate, the Climate and Energy Fund promotes capacity and efficiency improvements in the Austrian rail sector with a focus on digital operations control, data usage and automated maintenance. We support the project with an indicator-based evaluation system.

Requirements and potential analysis for (AI-based) robotics in the industrial city of Berlin

2025
| Project

We investigated the potential of (AI-based) robotics in Berlin for the Senate Administration.

Prognos Zukunftsatlas 2025

How well are Germany’s districts and towns equipped to cope with current and future processes of growth and change? The Zukunftsatlas 2025 assesses the future opportunities and risks facing all 400 districts and independent towns in Germany.

Net zero in industry: The market potential of climate-neutral process heat

2025
| Project

The decarbonisation of industry brings economic opportunities for Germany and the EU. We have investigated the potential of industrial process heat.

Carbon management study for the state of Brandenburg

2025
| Project

Prognos examined for the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection of the State of Brandenburg what role CO2 capture, usage and storage could play in the state.

Mid-term review of the Hamburg ERDF programme

2025
| Project

The Hanseatic City of Hamburg has the smallest ERDF programme in Germany. Prognos reviewed whether the programme objectives are being achieved and whether adjustments are necessary.

Ressource efficiency in Bavaria

2025
| Project

Bavarian industry requires large quantities of raw materials. Our study shows how critical materials can be used efficiently and important savings potential identified.

Smart specialisation in Turkey's regions

ongoing
| Project

Prognos supports the CEDIS3 project. The aim is to enable national and regional stakeholders in Turkey to develop and implement viable strategies for smart specialisation.

Sustainability management concept for municipal energy management

2025
| Project

Prognos and bridgingIT developed a concept for future internal sustainability management for a customer in the municipal energy sector.

Evaluation of the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)

ongoing
| Project

The HFSP promotes groundbreaking research in the life sciences. Prognos and Digital Science evaluate the programme’s effectiveness.

International electricity price comparison

2025
| Project

Prognos compared international industrial electricity prices for the Austrian electricity industry. Based on this analysis, we also developed recommendations for government instruments to reduce electricity costs.

The future of the global economic order

2025
| Project

The current global economic order is faltering. What does this mean for Germany and the EU? We have developed various scenarios for the future global economy for the vbw.

European Union: From the fossil fuel economy to the bioeconomy

ongoing
| Project

The EU Commission commissioned Prognos, Idea Consult and the nova-Institute to research and promote the transition to a bioeconomy in the European Union.

Mid-term evaluation of the public sector loan facility

2025
| Project

The Public Sector Loan Facility is an EU financial instrument to ensure a socially just transition to climate neutrality in the regions. Prognos and t33 srl evaluated the instrument.

Impact of extreme weather events on transport infrastructure

ongoing
| Project

Flooded streets, dried-up rivers, broken asphalt: we analyse the effects of extreme weather events on transport infrastructure and the economy.

German industry’s resilience and sovereignty

2025
| Project

German industry is heavily dependent on raw materials and intermediate products from abroad, especially from China. Prognos analysed supply chains and developed recommendations for action.

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