3.3.
Germany
Description of the domain-area of intervention and reasons for this choice For the purposes of the GBE Factory market analysis, high-energy consumption sectors have been analyzed among the main sectors that represent the industrial structure of the German Region of Brandenburg. The
market
analysis
covers
the
Bundesland
Brandenburg
area.
Brandenburg measures 29,478.61 sq.km with a population of 2.497 million. Brandenburg surrounds the German Capital Berlin (another 3.5 million inhabitants). The market analysis should discover suitable sectors to be chosen for further GBE-factory activities; meet the needs and interests of the stakeholders and lead to 2 focus groups covering 7 companies. In particular, the focus was put on Hotels/SPA centers and on foodprocessing companies as very appropriate for GBE-FACTORY interventions. Stakeholders in these branches have already shown interest in being approached by the GBE-factory project. Other representative sectors that are also characterized by very high energy consumption (i.e. Metal, Chemistry, Paper production) have not been selected however, either because they are already provided with similar solutions or because they are already well structured internally and do not need external consultation.
Analysis of energy consumption in domain-area a.
From yearly data issued by energy distributors (gas and electricity)
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