Thomas Pirot

Transformation

Personal Magazin, 2023

Germany aims to become climate-neutral by 2045. To achieve this, greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector, industry, transportation, real estate and agriculture must be reduced. But how can a “green” transformation of the economy succeed? Where does it start? And what does it look like? We wanted to find out and set off on a journey to places of transformation. We met people in the north, south, east and west who are convinced that Germany can reinvent itself: Germany can reinvent itself. A reportage about new beginnings.

Picture editor: Carmen Brunner
Writers: Matthias Haller & Reiner Straub

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Ms. Gottschlich of Infineon, in the corridor in front of the changing rooms to the clean room in the Dresden plant

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So-called wafer

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Gunnar Kilian, Volkswagen, Member of the Board of Management and Labor Director

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The construction site of the battery factory at the VW Salzgitter site

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Recycling station for batteries at the VW Salzgitter site

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Electric motor assembly at VW Salzgitter

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"Transformation Area" at the Salzgitter Plant

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Pascal Klein, CEO Pyrum Innovations AG Dillingen, Saarland

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The patented Pyrum Thermolysis process enables used tires to be recycled into valuable secondary raw materials

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Used tires pile up on the Pyrum site in Dillingen

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Alexander Hüge, CHRO Alnatura

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Alnatura headquaters in Darmstadt

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Rotor blades for onshore wind turbines at the German Offshore Industry Center in Cuxhaven

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Parts for onshore wind turbines at the German Offshore Industry Center in Cuxhaven

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Marc Itgen, Agency for Economic Development Cuxhaven

Transformation
Personal Magazin, 2023

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Germany aims to become climate-neutral by 2045. To achieve this, greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector, industry, transportation, real estate and agriculture must be reduced. But how can a “green” transformation of the economy succeed? Where does it start? And what does it look like? We wanted to find out and set off on a journey to places of transformation.
We met people in the north, south, east and west who are convinced that Germany can reinvent itself: Germany can reinvent itself. A reportage about new beginnings.

Picture editor: Carmen Brunner
Writer: Matthias Haller & Reiner Straub