Federal Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (BMUV); Umweltbundesamt (UBA)
2025
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How are things looking for Germany’s green tech industry? How ecologically and economically significant is green technology for Germany? Where is there still room for growth?
The green tech industry is multifaceted. Solar and wind technologies, electric vehicles, energy storage systems, recycling processes and much more. All of these sectors help combat the climate crisis and protect natural habitats. At the same time, through innovative technologies the industry continues to create economic opportunities and open up new markets.
The GreenTech Atlas provides a regular, comprehensive overview of the technological and economical trends in this cross-section industry. Prognos has been commissioned by the Federal Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (BMUV) to compile the seventh edition.
The GreenTech Atlas is a comprehensive publication that regularly provides an overview of the markets for environmental technologies and resource efficiency in Germany. It serves as the central source of information on the significance, status and future perspectives of green technologies in Germany.
The previous edition was was published in 2021. Prognos was commissioned with compiling the new edition, officially released in spring 2025. As in the previous studies, the GreenTech Atlas 2025 presents current developments in the Green tech industry “made in Germany” and illustrates the opportunities as well as the risks.
We created a founded quantitative analysis of the green tech industry with the help of the Prognos envigos environmental economy model.
In the process, we examined the industry as a whole as well as the specifics of the individual leading markets:
The recycling economy is more closely examined as a leading market, as well as the potential of the circular economy.
Further areas of focus were the global market and innovation: we analysed global demand, Germany’s position in the global market and the most important potential markets. In addition, we examined the state of innovation with a patent analysis.
The analysis was supplemented with a comprehensive survey of businesses that provides additional qualitative results. The goal of the analysis was to identify market trends up until now and growth potential, as well as the respective drivers and hurdles.
GreenTech Atlas 2025 (PDF, in German)
Further information (website Umweltbundesamt, in German)
Project team: Tim Bichlmeier, Nico Dietzsch, Johanna Draeger-Gebhard, Philipp Hutzenthaler, Jannis Lambert, Robert Norpoth, Vera Wechner
Latest update: 28.01.2026
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