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THE GERMANY EDITION 2026

Germany’s
environment tech industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping environment tech in Germany. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

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Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Environment Tech illustration
Companies tracked 1,379Environment Tech ecosystem in Germany Disclosed funding $5.77B225 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 213With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 5501 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Germany’s environment tech leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Environment Tech company highlights in Germany, snapshot 30 August 2026
Company
Cloover Energycloover.energy$1.34B———
zolarzolar.de$306.57M—75—
tado°tado.com$245.02M—158—
INERATECineratec.de$241.11M—67—
Lifthiumlifthium.com$210M———
Heliatekheliatek.com$163.6M—193Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Soltecturesoltecture.com$160M———
APKapk.group$139.34M—210—
1KOMMA51komma5grad.com—11 roles1,400—
Thermondothermondo.de—11 roles352—
progroup agprogroup.ag—11 roles1,700—
Etalyticsetalytics.com—10 roles19—
EWE NETZewe-netz.de—9 roles——
Reverionreverion.com—9 roles41—
SIV.AGsiv.de—9 roles330—
othermoothermo.de—9 roles5—
AP Sensingapsensing.com——5,100—
Agrarled.deagrarled.de————
ClimatePartnerclimatepartner.com——36Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
EMH Meteringemh-metering.de——252Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Eberspcherpurem.com——1,545—
Enpalenpal.de——672—
Entrixentrixenergy.com——30Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
FRIWOfriwo.de——1,987—
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Environment Tech industry KPIs in Germany

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

30 August 2026
Hiring participation15.4%

213 of 1,379 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation22.1%

305 of 1,379 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share32.8%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$2.5M

Midpoint of 464 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 32.8% of disclosed capital, while 77.9% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Germany environment tech has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Germany environment tech
$0$268M$535.99M$803.99M$1.07B2016: $160.78M20162017: $135.65M20172018: $140.48M20182019: $101.09M20192020: $207.26M20202021: $322.92M20212022: $477.04M20222023: $759.57M20232024: $940.34M20242025: $380.86M2025
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Annual environment tech funding and company formation in Germany
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$160.78M6721
2017$135.65M8224
2018$140.48M6933
2019$101.09M8633
2020$207.26M10427
2021$322.92M8743
2022$477.04M8756
2023$759.57M6354
2024$940.34M1349
2025$380.86M626
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Cloover Energy23.3%
  • zolar5.3%
  • tado°4.2%
  • Other companies67.2%

Funding by stage

652 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel241 37.0%
Series A–B145 22.2%
Series C+ / PE26 4.0%
Grants, debt & other240 36.8%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
8 rounds

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Series C05/2026
Live EO $32.74M

Backed by HELANTIC and b2venture and others.

Series A04/2026
SPiNE $3.54M

Backed by Energie 360 ​ and Verbundx and others.

Series B04/2026
PAUL —

Backed by Searchlight Capital.

Series A03/2026
Entrix $49.83M

Backed by Junction Growth Investors and Korys and others.

Conventional Debt03/2026
PAUL $46.28M

Backed by Searchlight Capital.

Series B03/2026
Wesort $11.47M

Backed by Infinity Recycling and GGF and others.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
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Series D02/2023
APKapk.group$139.34M

Backed by LyondellBasell and KIRKBI A/S and others.

Series C05/2022
zolarzolar.de$105.07M

Backed by Energy Impact Partners and GIC and others.

Series A05/2024
Cylibcylib.de$59.41M

Backed by World Fund and Porsche Ventures and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

The measured Germany identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: designated German registry identities do not carry the LEI or ISIN used by bundesanzeiger facts; legal-name matching is prohibited.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Germany companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

6 of the 1,379 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (0.4%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 313,039 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Wetter Onlinewetteronline.de72,768,8638486.1%
Wetterwetter.de8,339,0987681.9%
Everllenceeverllence.com389,1263878.4%
EWE NETZewe-netz.de236,9523887.4%
EUMETSATeumetsat.int225,7794330.3%
SecondSolsecondsol.com32,5642721.9%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

157 of these companies (11.4%) publish at least one Android app — 272 apps in all, carrying 37.5M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Rain AlarmRain Alarm11.2M4.3Weather
RegenRadar mit UnwetterwarnungWetter Online7.6M4.3Weather
nextbike – Bike Sharingnextbike5M3.8Travel & Local
wetter.de Wetter & RegenradarWetter3.6M4.3Weather
WeatherPro: Forecast & RadarWeatherPro2M3.4Weather
tado°tado°1.4M3.8Lifestyle
Homematic IPeQ-3853.8K3.6House & Home
Silencio: Measure Noise & EarnSilencio668.3K3.6Travel & Local
MyMüll.de - Abfall AppMyMull.de609.1K—Lifestyle
RiverApp - River levelsRiverApp516.5K4.7Weather

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q2–2026Q1).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Air Pollution Management Tech2425.3MRain Alarm 11.2M
Mobile Utility Tools218.8MRegenRadar mit Unwetterwarnung 7.6M
Electric Vehicles45Mnextbike – Bike Sharing 5M
Green Transport25MMOOVILITY 37.9K
Energy Efficiency Tech1384.1Mtado° 1.4M
Smart Homes313.1MHomematic IP 853.8K
Facility Management Tech1202.2MLightify 327.5K
Solid Waste Management Tech501.9MMyMüll.de - Abfall App 609.1K

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q1: 22023Q1: 02023Q12023Q2: 72023Q2: 12023Q22023Q3: 42023Q3: 12023Q32023Q4: 22023Q4: 12023Q42024Q2: 12024Q2: 62024Q22024Q3: 22024Q3: 62024Q32024Q4: 22024Q4: 42024Q42025Q1: 52025Q1: 52025Q12025Q2: 72025Q2: 92025Q22025Q3: 52025Q3: 232025Q32025Q4: 62025Q4: 322025Q42026Q1: 32026Q1: 622026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 139 of 272 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Germany environment tech market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech934
Energy tech720
Enterprise software339
Consumer digital285
Saas236
Energy saas160
Circular economy159
Deep tech132
Smart buildings132
Solar energy tech110
Building energy management system91
Hvac optimization software76

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

934companies
17.9%have hiring activity

167 companies hiring · $4.77B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Subscription685
Physical commerce454
E-commerce - product306
Fee-for-service193
Commission on transaction167
E-commerce - service66
Advertising60
Renting / leasing7
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundsreverion.com ↗

Germany’s Reverion is advancing energy systems that enhance the efficiency of biogas and renewable power generation.

Funding roundspaul.tech ↗

PAUL Tech AG secures EUR 40 million credit facility to support further growth

Funding roundsairmo.io ↗

Airmo, a Munich, Germany- and Luxembourg-based climate-tech and space tech startup, raised €5M in Seed funding.

Funding roundsentrixenergy.com ↗

Berlin, 7. April 2026 (PM) – Baker McKenzie has advised a consortium of investors led by Junction Growth Investors, Korys and BNP Paribas (through its Solar Impulse Venture Fund) in connection with the financing of the flexibility marketer and battery optimizer Entrix. The consortium of investors has additional capital of 43 million. Euro invested in Entrix.

Funding roundswatergenics.tech ↗

The six investments are: Foresight Spatial Labs – Building the world’s most advanced Spatial SDK for Engineering and Physical AI (Ottawa, Canada).Chemshift – Low-cost technology platform to refine crude lithium products into battery-grade material(Calgary, Canada).Supra – Supramolecular cartridges for high-purity critical minerals (Austin, US).Material Difference – Operationalising explainable AI and value-of-information as an unfair advantage in resource delineation and ore body knowledge (Cambridge, UK).Voluna – Autonomous airborne neutron technology that delivers real-time geochemical mapping for mineral exploration. (Boston, US) Watergenics – Real-time analysis of industrial aqueous streams (Berlin, Germany).

Funding roundsmetiundo.io ↗

Among the largest financings were Kiavi ($350 million, debt), Dwelly ($50 million, debt), Metiundo ($47.6 million, Series A), OneDome ($34.2 million, Series C), Stake ($31 million, Series B), Ownwell ($30 million, Series B), and Orchard ($30 million, venture).

Mergers & acquisitionsaepvi.com ↗

Intertek has purchased AePVI, a German company that provides high-speed drone and ground-based inspection solutions for solar systems.

Funding roundsostrom.de ↗

In Germany, Berlin-based Ostrom raised €20 million to accelerate smart meter adoption and expand its virtual power plant capabilities, making it a directly comparable domestic example.

Mergers & acquisitionslibcycle.com ↗

The merger with RLG is the logical next step in this direction.

Funding roundsmetycle.com ↗

Cologne-based METYCLE, which secured €14 million to expand its AI‑driven metal recycling platform.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 311 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Funding rounds
110
Contracts
47
Earnings
37
Mergers & acquisitions
30
Capital infusions
22
Company announcements
21
Leadership moves
13
New products
11
Asset acquisitions
9
Board Updates
3
6 activity cards

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IPO pipeline

1 companies with recorded IPO activity

Ista ↗

Follow-on Offering · NASDAQ2 reports

Leadership moves

3 tracked people moves

Adam Savitz

Appointment Director Sustainability

progroup ag ↗
Dr. Thorben Finken

Appointment Chief Financial Officer

progroup ag ↗
Dr. Volker Metz

Resignation Previously Chief Financial Officer

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Klim ↗
financial modeling tool

financial modeling tool

Eberspcher ↗
battery enclosure

battery enclosure

Klim ↗
‘digital companion’

Digital platform for regenerative agriculture

nucera administrator

Electrolyzer maintenance planning software

360° Life Cycle Service Portfolio

Electrolysis plant maintenance and support

Workforce actions

2 companies with reported reductions

Planetly ↗

Scale not stated roles

zolar ↗

Scale not stated rolesbusiness restructuring

Regulatory events

1 recorded events

PAUL ↗

approved for refinancing

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

7companies
33period observations
-2.0%median reported growth

Median across 25 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
intertek→AePVI ↗Completed2026-02-19Not stated in snapshot
rlg→LiBCycle ↗Announced2026-02-06Not stated in snapshot
delignit→bellottiAnnounced2026-01-27Not stated in snapshot
diginex→Plan A ↗Announced2026-01-16$80.0M
reconomy→LiBCycle ↗Completed2026-01-15Not stated in snapshot
Reverse Logistics Group→LiBCycle ↗Completed2026-01-15Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

944 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 2,375-posting snapshot covers 143 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Elektroniker / Elektriker110
Anlagenmechaniker Shk96
Außendienstmitarbeiter74
Quereinsteiger Installationsbereich38
Sales Manager/ Account Manager (M/W/D) Für Den Vertrieb Von Dienstleistungen In Der Wohnungswirtschaft28
Servicetechniker21
1 internship postings

45 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

610 postings specify a level.

unspecified
1,765
manager
296
senior
152
lead
99
entry
35
intern
28

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 2,375 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Typescript
19
Linkedin
14
React
13
Postgresql
12
Node.Js
11
Aws
11
Hubspot
9
Greentech
7
Saas
7
Solar Installation
7
ADVERTISED PAY$45.4K/ year

Median across 45 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

1,140 founders and chief executives across 701 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

104 profiles with education records.

RWTH Aachen University
14
Technische Universität Berlin
9
Imperial College London
9
HEC Paris
7
Technical University of Munich
5
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
5
INSEAD
4
Harvard University
3

Prior employers

23 profiles with prior-work records.

McKinsey
12
Bain
3
Boston Consulting Group
3
Microsoft
2
Apple
1
Amazon
1
Paypal
1
Goldman Sachs
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

39,796 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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39,796articles in the measured year
11,597articles in 2026Q1
80.6%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Environment Tech coverage across Germany · articles per complete quarter

05,69611,39117,08722,7832021Q2: 8,5912021Q22021Q3: 9,5592021Q4: 7,8312022Q1: 8,6592022Q2: 8,3262022Q22022Q3: 8,0862022Q4: 9,1762023Q1: 9,8602023Q2: 9,9262023Q22023Q3: 11,8862023Q4: 9,2712024Q1: 9,8172024Q2: 11,1042024Q22024Q3: 10,5112024Q4: 10,9652025Q1: 19,8112025Q2: 8,9222025Q22025Q3: 9,5312025Q4: 8,9712026Q1: 11,5972026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q28,591
2021Q39,559
2021Q47,831
2022Q18,659
2022Q28,326
2022Q38,086
2022Q49,176
2023Q19,860
2023Q29,926
2023Q311,886
2023Q49,271
2024Q19,817
2024Q211,104
2024Q310,511
2024Q410,965
2025Q119,811
2025Q28,922
2025Q39,531
2025Q48,971
2026Q111,597

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
21,093 positive · 593 neutral · 6,583 negative
2022
26,813 positive · 721 neutral · 6,695 negative
2023
34,567 positive · 489 neutral · 5,867 negative
2024
33,956 positive · 702 neutral · 7,720 negative
2025
38,034 positive · 866 neutral · 8,303 negative

Leading coverage topics

Environment Tech coverage across Germany · ranked by full-period article count.

Solar Photovoltaic (Pv) Energy Systems5,620 articles in the full recorded period
1,369 recent · 1,330 prior
Green Hydrogen Production Methods4,805 articles in the full recorded period
772 recent · 987 prior
Wind Turbine Technology & Onshore Wind Farms4,432 articles in the full recorded period
920 recent · 1,015 prior
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology4,344 articles in the full recorded period
705 recent · 907 prior
Offshore Wind Energy Development4,280 articles in the full recorded period
881 recent · 885 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations4,123 articles in the full recorded period
1,075 recent · 906 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations3,492 articles in the full recorded period
906 recent · 824 prior
Sustainability Initiatives And Esg Reporting3,212 articles in the full recorded period
648 recent · 792 prior
Climate Change Mitigation Strategies3,159 articles in the full recorded period
496 recent · 533 prior
Renewable Energy Sources And Technologies3,136 articles in the full recorded period
485 recent · 567 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Environment Tech coverage across Germany

KeywordRecentPriorChange
lithium-ion storage28519050%
grid-scale batteries23313573%
plastic bans19412358%
plastic reduction18288107%
microplastics filtration17110760%
advanced recycling technologies1688598%
eol plastics16167140%
comex gold analysis15571118%
waste plastic sorting15464141%
waste management1499164%
chemical safety assessments8269-97%
hydrogen oxidation154231-33%
ev power electronics111179-38%
solar waste processing107171-37%
hydrogen vehicle prototypes89135-34%

Event and signal lenses

Environment Tech coverage across Germany

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

47,411 classified articles

clean energy mandates, renewable regulations, solar electricity generation

45.5% critical · 43.4% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

14,019 classified articles

solar electricity generation, renewable h2, solar pv

48.2% critical · 57.3% positive
Rising

Growth

34,729 classified articles

solar electricity generation, solar pv, chemical pricing

28.0% critical · 52.4% positive

Environment Tech coverage across Germany. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Environment Tech research is working on

31,492 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.

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31,492papers
31,492worldwide comparison pool
—India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Descriptive
10,767
Promising
8,321
Problem-identifying
5,169
Breakthrough
4,769
Cautionary
1,561
Comparative
790
Critical
115

Contribution mix

Empirical
15,348
Methods-led
10,770
Reviews
3,938
Position pieces
1,369
Theoretical
67

Tone counts: 24,071 positive · 3,094 neutral · 4,327 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
5,284 papers · 16.8% of this field
  • Environmental monitoring1,459 papers
  • Pollution585 papers
  • Water quality580 papers
  • Pollutant414 papers
  • Contamination359 papers
  • Human health330 papers
  • Environmental resource management330 papers
  • Environmental impact assessment321 papers

Landmark: A review on emerging contaminants in wastewaters and the environment: Current knowledge, understudied areas and recommendations for future m

Cautions
1,561 papers · 5.0% of this field
  • Pollution239 papers
  • Contamination239 papers
  • Environmental monitoring233 papers
  • Water quality209 papers
  • Risk assessment156 papers
  • Pollutant118 papers
  • Sampling115 papers
  • Sediment106 papers

Landmark: Past, present, and future perspectives of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding: A systematic review in methods, monitoring, and applicatio

Opportunities
13,090 papers · 41.6% of this field
  • Environmental monitoring3,589 papers
  • Water quality1,330 papers
  • Wireless sensor network1,273 papers
  • Pollution970 papers
  • Air quality index934 papers
  • Air pollution852 papers
  • Internet of Things777 papers
  • Pollutant754 papers

Landmark: Tracking complex mixtures of chemicals in our changing environment

Leading institutions

Environmental Protection Agency
3,828
North Carolina State University
3,760
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
3,732
The Ocean Cleanup
3,731
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
3,550
Chinese Academy of Sciences
3,175

Leading researchers

Laurent Lebreton
3,731
Joost van der Zwet
3,731
Jan-Willem Damsteeg
3,731
Boyan Slat
3,731
Anthony L. Andrady
3,731
Ruth Barden
2,545
Barbara Kasprzyk‐Hordern
2,545
Bruce Petrie
2,537

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • Design of a WSN Platform for Long-Term Environmental Monitoring for IoT Applications609 citations
  • Printed multifunctional flexible device with an integrated motion sensor for health care monitoring371 citations
  • SensorScope: Out-of-the-Box Environmental Monitoring272 citations
  • An Environmental Air Pollution Monitoring System Based on the IEEE 1451 Standard for Low Cost Requirements238 citations
  • Cointegration: a novel approach for the removal of environmental trends in structural health monitoring data231 citations

Common problems researchers identify

4,688 papers · 7 recurring themes
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Risk Assessment / ContaminationCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Risk Assessment / Contamination

927 papers

19.8% of this theme group

Risk assessment (141) · Contamination (168) · Human health (147) · Environmental impact assessment (149)

A review on emerging contaminants in wastewaters and the environment: Current knowledge, understudied areas and recommendations for future m

Addressing the Uncertainties in the Environmental Analysis, Modeling, Source and Risk Assessment of Emerging Contaminants

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YearShare index
2022766.4
2023768.0
2024760.2
2025899.8
Environmental Monitoring / Environmental Resource ManagementCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Environmental Monitoring / Environmental Resource Management

898 papers

19.2% of this theme group

Environmental monitoring (660) · Environmental resource management (209) · Environmental management system (79) · Environmental planning (134)

Environmental Monitoring in the Making: From Surveying Nature’s Resources to Monitoring Nature’s Change

Management and Organization of Environmental Monitoring Sites

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YearShare index
2022903.9
2023920.0
2024950.3
2025687.5
Biodiversity / EcosystemCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Biodiversity / Ecosystem

871 papers

18.6% of this theme group

Biodiversity (155) · Ecosystem (142) · Environmental DNA (42) · Habitat (58)

Improving biodiversity monitoring

Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities

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YearShare index
20221134.9
20231113.2
20241008.2
20251165.0
Water Quality / HydrologyCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Water Quality / Hydrology

815 papers

17.4% of this theme group

Water quality (445) · Hydrology (113) · Groundwater (107) · Surface water (79)

Monitoring of Water Pollution and its Consequences: An Overview

Methodical approaches for the assessment of the quality of surface and groundwater in the system of environmental-meliorative monitoring

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YearShare index
2022762.5
2023732.7
2024661.1
2025723.9
Wireless Sensor Network / Environmental MonitoringCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Wireless Sensor Network / Environmental Monitoring

530 papers

11.3% of this theme group

Wireless sensor network (123) · Environmental monitoring (279) · Internet of Things (60) · Remote sensing (70)

Advances in Smart Environment Monitoring Systems Using IoT and Sensors

Wireless Sensor Networks: a Survey on Environmental Monitoring

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YearShare index
20221043.7
20231028.4
20241095.0
20251159.8
Air Quality Index / Air PollutionCommon problems researchers identify · 06

Air Quality Index / Air Pollution

381 papers

8.1% of this theme group

Air quality index (205) · Air pollution (205) · Particulates (60) · Indoor air quality (36)

An overview of selected emerging outdoor airborne pollutants and air quality issues: The need to reduce uncertainty about environmental and

A review on estimating the effects of inhaling airborne pollutants and air quality monitoring

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YearShare index
2022382.5
2023368.2
2024324.0
2025421.1
Microplastics / Plastic PollutionCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Microplastics / Plastic Pollution

266 papers

5.7% of this theme group

Microplastics (234) · Plastic pollution (87) · Pollution (92) · Marine debris (39)

Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Review of Ecotoxicological Effects, Exposure Pathways and Trophic Transfer Risks

Microplastics: An Overview of Sources, Distribution, and Removal Methods

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2022455.1
2023440.1
2024394.5
2025437.9

Cautions

1,368 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Biodiversity / HabitatCautions · 01

Biodiversity / Habitat

238 papers

17.4% of this theme group

Biodiversity (36) · Habitat (28) · Environmental DNA (27) · Abundance (16)

The use of environmental DNA in monitoring aquatic biodiversity for conservation: a review of challenges and opportunities

Environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring fish biodiversity in remote lakes

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YearShare index
2022417.8
2023405.7
2024347.3
2025397.9
Heavy Metals / ContaminationCautions · 02

Heavy Metals / Contamination

215 papers

15.7% of this theme group

Heavy metals (53) · Contamination (106) · Pollution (101) · Sediment (53)

Evaluation of Heavy Metal Levels and its Applications in Risk Assessment Indices in the Soils of Some Communities in Gokhana Local Governmen

Contamination Levels and Ecological Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Metals in Sediments of Eleyele Lake and Odo-Iyaalaro River, Nigeria

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YearShare index
2022798.0
2023764.8
2024716.4
2025776.0
Water Quality / HydrologyCautions · 03

Water Quality / Hydrology

211 papers

15.4% of this theme group

Water quality (130) · Hydrology (47) · Wastewater (29) · Groundwater (29)

Evaluation of Continuous Monitoring as a Tool for Municipal Stormwater Management Programs

Assessment of Physicochemical Characteristics and Emerging Contaminants in Selected Water Sources: Implications for Public Health and Enviro

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YearShare index
2022644.6
2023621.4
2024582.9
2025650.7
Environmental Monitoring / Software DeploymentCautions · 04

Environmental Monitoring / Software Deployment

207 papers

15.1% of this theme group

Environmental monitoring (96) · Software deployment (27) · Wireless sensor network (12) · Environmental resource management (18)

Mathematical Modelling of Biosensing Platforms Applied for Environmental Monitoring

A Review of Optical Sensor Applications in Water, Atmospheric and Soil Environmental Monitoring

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YearShare index
2022344.0
2023311.5
2024238.0
2025319.2
Pesticide / MicroplasticsCautions · 05

Pesticide / Microplastics

202 papers

14.8% of this theme group

Pesticide (49) · Microplastics (28) · Risk assessment (44) · Aquatic ecosystem (29)

Fluoroquinolones in the Wenyu River catchment, China: Occurrence simulation and risk assessment

Spatially\nExplicit Large-Scale Environmental Risk\nAssessment of Pharmaceuticals in Surface Water in China

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2022186.9
2023182.6
2024191.1
2025229.0
Air Pollution / Air Quality IndexCautions · 06

Air Pollution / Air Quality Index

157 papers

11.5% of this theme group

Air pollution (81) · Air quality index (70) · Particulates (41) · Indoor air quality (14)

Using Mobile Monitoring and Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling for Capturing High Spatial Air Pollutant Variability in Cities

Development and Application of Low-Cost Environmental Sensors for the Evaluation of Ambient Air Quality and Related Emission Sources

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YearShare index
2022382.5
2023368.2
2024324.0
2025421.1
Environmental Impact Assessment / Risk AssessmentCautions · 07

Environmental Impact Assessment / Risk Assessment

138 papers

10.1% of this theme group

Environmental impact assessment (40) · Risk assessment (48) · Environmental risk assessment (14) · Environmental monitoring (31)

The use of diagnostic tools to assess the risks of chemicals to freshwater ecosystems: towards a unified evaluation framework

A systematic review and ecological risk assessment for organic ultraviolet filters in aquatic environments

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202299.1
202398.7
2024100.0
2025139.6

Opportunities

11,525 papers · 7 recurring themes
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Environmental Monitoring / Remote SensingOpportunities · 01

Environmental Monitoring / Remote Sensing

1,585 papers

26.4% of this theme group

Environmental monitoring (819) · Remote sensing (149) · Environmental data (134) · Environmental resource management (118)

Quantitative remote sensing-based monitoring and evaluation of the ecological environment in mining areas: technology framework and applicat

Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring. Complex Modeling

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20221611.3
20231684.1
20241831.0
20251291.8
Contamination / MicroplasticsOpportunities · 02

Contamination / Microplastics

1,137 papers

18.9% of this theme group

Contamination (215) · Microplastics (86) · Pollutant (173) · Pollution (199)

Exploiting monitoring data in environmental exposure modelling and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals

Monitoring of Environmental Contaminants in Mixed-Use Watersheds Combining Targeted and Nontargeted Analysis with Passive Sampling

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2022699.2
2023670.3
2024619.3
2025699.6
Biodiversity / Environmental DnaOpportunities · 03

Biodiversity / Environmental Dna

860 papers

14.3% of this theme group

Biodiversity (205) · Environmental DNA (153) · Ecosystem (128) · Habitat (82)

An Integrated Approach of Multi-Community Monitoring and Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems to Support Sustainable Development

Data Sheet 1_Monitoring terrestrial rewilding with environmental DNA metabarcoding: a systematic review of current trends and recommendation

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YearShare index
20221134.9
20231113.2
20241008.2
20251165.0
Water Quality / HydrologyOpportunities · 04

Water Quality / Hydrology

796 papers

13.3% of this theme group

Water quality (437) · Hydrology (91) · Water resources (51) · Environmental monitoring (233)

Establishment of an Automatic Real-Time Monitoring System for Irrigation Water Quality Management

Modelling and monitoring of suspended matter in surface waters using remotely sensed data

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YearShare index
2022681.2
2023657.0
2024598.8
2025667.9
Wireless Sensor Network / WirelessOpportunities · 05

Wireless Sensor Network / Wireless

563 papers

9.4% of this theme group

Wireless sensor network (510) · Wireless (170) · Key distribution in wireless sensor networks (44) · Real-time computing (105)

Wireless Sensor Networks for Living Environment Monitoring

Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Monitoring Environmental Condition on a Farmland

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YearShare index
2022319.0
2023283.1
2024204.0
2025235.2
Internet Of Things / Cloud ComputingOpportunities · 06

Internet Of Things / Cloud Computing

553 papers

9.2% of this theme group

Internet of Things (314) · Cloud computing (93) · Environmental monitoring (219) · Microcontroller (53)

Development of IoT for Automated Water Quality Monitoring System

IoT-Enabled Environmental Intelligence: A Smart Monitoring System

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YearShare index
2022901.1
2023908.8
20241017.7
20251050.5
Air Quality Index / Air PollutionOpportunities · 07

Air Quality Index / Air Pollution

506 papers

8.4% of this theme group

Air quality index (326) · Air pollution (276) · Particulates (77) · Air monitoring (66)

Air quality monitoring in urban environments

Experimental evaluation of airborne pollutants using sensor-based monitoring

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YearShare index
2022382.5
2023368.2
2024324.0
2025421.1

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Descriptive34.2%17.7%
Promising26.4%36.7%
Problem-identifying16.4%9.6%
Breakthrough15.1%26.6%
Cautionary5.0%4.7%
Comparative2.5%3.8%
Critical0.4%0.9%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceThe potential of using E. coli as an indicator for the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment2711.01%54 (19.9%)1.01%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainTracking the distribution of persistent and mobile wastewater-derived substances in the southern and central North Sea u1150.43%32 (27.8%)0.43%
Energy & datacenter footprintA Review on Energy-Efficient AI-ML and IoT-Integrated Mobile Air Pollution Monitoring System Design and Development120.04%4 (33.3%)0.04%
Bias & fairnessQuantification, identification and source discrimination of anthropogenic microfibres in marine and freshwater bodies: a80.03%4 (50.0%)0.03%
Carbon & emissions of computeDeveloping a sustainable Air Quality Monitoring Methodology Through the Use of Low-Cost Sensors.50.02%1 (20.0%)0.02%
Safety & misuseIt Is Not Only Data—Freshwater Invertebrates Misused in Biological Monitoring20.01%1 (50.0%)0.01%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Labour & data work00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Concentration of compute power00.0%0 (%)0.0%

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — Germany

Compare demand signals in Germany’s newsflow with the environment tech categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-05-01 to 2026-05-01Against 2024-05-01 to 2025-05-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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4 Germany demand signals compared with mapped environment tech supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
Climate policy & governance ↗Compliance Pressure66.716.7+50.0+66.0%
Renewables build-out ↗Infrastructure Shift100.0100.0+0.0+110.7%
Carbon & emissions ↗Compliance Pressure16.716.7+0.0+48.7%
Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure16.766.7-50.0-23.7%

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Where the signals are loudest

All 11 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. Germany is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.

Lower Saxony210.9

Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks · Carbon & emissions

North Rhine Westphalia128.7

Climate policy & governance · Layoffs & income shocks · Renewables build-out

Baden-Wurttemberg125.0

Carbon & emissions · Climate policy & governance · Renewables build-out

Berlin103.5

Climate policy & governance · Renewables build-out · Carbon & emissions

Saxony100.3

Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks · Climate policy & governance

State Of Hessen96.2

Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks · Climate policy & governance

Bavaria94.3

Layoffs & income shocks · Renewables build-out · Climate policy & governance

Baden Wurttemberg84.7

Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks · Climate policy & governance

Hamburg78.3

Climate policy & governance · Carbon & emissions · Renewables build-out

Schleswig Holstein23.2

Renewables build-out

England22.0

Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks

Inside the leading signals

Open any signal for its quarterly history
COMPLIANCE PRESSUREClimate policy & governance+50.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Climate policy can land as reporting, compliance and transition demand.

35.7mentions per 10,000 articles+66.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped environment tech categories

  • Circular Economy159

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of Germany coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0112234452024Q3: 252024Q32024Q4: 212024Q42025Q1: 202025Q12025Q2: 222025Q22025Q3: 252025Q32025Q4: 392025Q42026Q1: 362026Q1
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Climate policy & governance in Germany coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q312825.35
2024Q411221.46
2025Q113720.1
2025Q29122.7
2025Q37725.39
2025Q48839.03
2026Q18736.51

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

North Rhine Westphalia44.9 / 10,000
Berlin39.2 / 10,000
INFRASTRUCTURE SHIFTRenewables build-out+0.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Renewable build-out can multiply the storage, grid and management tooling it depends on.

57.94mentions per 10,000 articles+110.7%share change vs prior year

Mapped environment tech categories

  • Energy Tech720
  • Solar Energy Tech110

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of Germany coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0203959792024Q3: 272024Q32024Q4: 272024Q42025Q1: 262025Q12025Q2: 312025Q22025Q3: 392025Q32025Q4: 642025Q42026Q1: 682026Q1
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Renewables build-out in Germany coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q314127.92
2024Q414127.02
2025Q118426.99
2025Q212731.68
2025Q311939.24
2025Q414664.75
2026Q116368.41

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Lower Saxony93.0 / 10,000
Baden Wurttemberg48.7 / 10,000
Saxony44.6 / 10,000
COMPLIANCE PRESSURECarbon & emissions+0.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Emission pressure can pull measurement, reduction and offset tooling demand.

22.61mentions per 10,000 articles+48.7%share change vs prior year

Mapped environment tech categories

  • Circular Economy159

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of Germany coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

071421282024Q3: 172024Q32024Q4: 132024Q42025Q1: 172025Q12025Q2: 132025Q22025Q3: 152025Q32025Q4: 232025Q42026Q1: 242026Q1
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Carbon & emissions in Germany coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q38717.23
2024Q47213.8
2025Q112017.6
2025Q25313.22
2025Q34615.17
2025Q45223.06
2026Q15924.76

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Hamburg20.5 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks-50.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.

28.74mentions per 10,000 articles-23.7%share change vs prior year

Mapped environment tech categories

  • Energy Saas160

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of Germany coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0193857762024Q3: 342024Q32024Q4: 662024Q42025Q1: 362025Q12025Q2: 192025Q22025Q3: 342025Q32025Q4: 362025Q42026Q1: 262026Q1
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Layoffs & income shocks in Germany coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q317534.65
2024Q434666.3
2025Q124636.09
2025Q27819.46
2025Q310434.3
2025Q48336.81
2026Q16226.02

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Lower Saxony57.2 / 10,000
Bavaria42.0 / 10,000
North Rhine Westphalia35.9 / 10,000
RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

Germany environment tech coverage

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2017

Power-to-Steel: Reducing CO2 through the Integration of Renewable Energy and Hydrogen into the German Steel Industry

Energies

258 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2018

Short-term integration costs of variable renewable energy: Wind curtailment and balancing in Britain and Germany

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

255 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2023

Gleaning insights from German energy transition and large-scale underground energy storage for China’s carbon neutrality

International Journal of Mining Science and Technology

136 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2018

Historical institutionalist perspective on the shift from feed-in tariffs towards auctioning in German renewable energy policy

Energy Research & Social Science

122 citations in the snapshot

What is growing in this coverage

Germany coverage of this page's demand families

KeywordRecent articlesPrior articlesShare change
grid-scale batteries9850301.2%
renewables integration9263199.0%
lithium-ion storage11282179.6%
renewable electricity9067175.0%
solar pv6160108.1%
climate mobilization768974.8%

Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Environment Tech in Germany: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

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