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17-01-2025 - GreenTech Innovation Competition - BMWK Looking for Digital Solutions for the Circular Economy
The GreenTech Innovation Competition - Digital Technologies as a Lever for the Circular Economy Funding Line (GreenTech Innovationswettbewerb - Digitale Technologien als Hebel für die Kreislaufwirtschaft) of the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK - German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection) supports the development and prototypical testing of digital solutions that can reduce key hurdles in the circular economy (for example through AI systems, digital twins or the integration of the digital product passport). Besides socio-political hurdles and a lack of standardisation, the call aims to address the obstacles of product design/development, poorer economic efficiency as well as the lack of data availability.
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