Economic Activities of Germany in the MENA Region

Compentency	Extracting success factors of German businesses in the MENA region
Module type	elective module
Semester	summer
Site	Kassel
Language	English
Workload	60 hours course attendance; 40 hours self-study
Credits points	4
Recommended qualifications	none

Business Economic Aspects of Renewable Energies (RE)

After the successful participation in the course Business Economic Aspects of RE the students are able to:

understand the driving factors of energy costs and how energy pricing can influence supply and demand
read and assess cost-benefit-analyses

Cost calculation for energy production and distribution
Cost development prognoses (national and international level)
Metering, meter reading, billing
Fee collection (in public sector, industry, and households)
Analysing feasibility studies in the energy sector:
- elements
- calculation methods
- risk assessment
- critical analysis

After the successful participation in the course Potentials of German Institutions and Companies for the MENA Region the students are able to:

reflect key factors, methods and the necessary framework for a company to get into the market of a country

Presenting companies and institutions with their actual activities in the MENA region
Excursions to selected companies (e.g. CUBE, Viessmann, SMA) with presentations about their engagement in the MENA region and visits of production lines