North Rhine-Westphalia is Germany’s most populous state and also the most densely populated. In 2020 the state in the west of Germany generated 21 per cent - 700 billion euros - of the national GDP, topping all other states.

The economy of North Rhine-Westphalia is an internationally extremely well connected system with a global focus. With a view to assisting NRW-based companies with their international activities and in order to attract investors the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy offers a w...

Digital transformation creates completely new user experiences through new products and services. The developments of the last two decades show how successful these can be: many markets have changed completely, no longer exist or have emerged entirely from scratch.

The digital transformation is profoundly changing our everyday life. That includes government services. Putting the public service on a digital footing is one of the major reform efforts in recent decades. 

North Rhine-Westphalia wishes to be climate-neutral by 2045. This is laid down in the Climate Protection Act of this most populous and most industrialised of Germany’s sixteen states. The transformation of the energy system is an important lever for achieving these ambitious targets: The share of coal-fired e...