What are the market conditions for your product line in countries around the world? Industry Canada’s website has a growing list of briefings that give you a quick but thorough overview of individual countries. Interested in Australia? There are summaries of the market for Energy Efficiency Services or Recycling Equipment. For Austria, there are summaries for Renewable Energy and Air Pollution Control Equipment.
If you are interested in renewable energy in Austria, for example, you will learn that the “share of renewables in the overall energy system reached 26.23 percent of total energy supply in 1997. The most important renewable sources of energy are hydropower with a share of 13.38 percent, and the so-called other energy sources (especially biomass) with 12.85 percent. This puts Austria third in Europe among countries relying on
these environmentally sound energy sources. Within the European Union (EU) only Finland and Sweden exceed Austria in the proportion of biomass used.” The report covers each type of renewable energy and its prospects, programs that foster its development and more.