Das Projekt "Marktstruktur und effiziente Umweltpolitik bei Aussenhandel" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Frankfurt,Oder, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät durchgeführt. Vielfach wird der Einsatz von umweltpolitischen Instrumenten als Ersatz fuer eine strategische Handelspolitik angesehen, die im Rahmen des GATT bzw. der WTO nicht mehr zulaessig ist. Als Folge kann z.B. das Phaenomen des Oekodumping auftreten. Hierbei scheint die Marktstruktur (vollkommener Wettbewerb, Oligopol bei Mengen- bzw. Preiswettbewerb, monopolistische Konkurrenz etc.) von entscheidender Bedeutung fuer die (In-)Effizienz der Umweltpolitik zu sein. Das Projekt soll den Einfluss der Wettbewerbsform und Intensitaet auf das moegliche Versagen der Instrumente der Umweltpolitik analysieren.
Das Projekt "Satellite Data Acquisition in the Blink of an Eye (BLINK)" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Amphinicy doo za Racunalne Aktivnosti i Zastupanje durchgeführt. It is widely known that key information used in many industries such as meteorology, logistics, navigation, oil and gas, agriculture, ecology and others, comes from space, via Earth observation (EO) satellites. Having this data in a short time frame is becoming essential. Existing ground segment solutions are heavily based on hardware. They are not following technology advances like space hardware do which causes a bottleneck in EO data acquisition: required volume of data is not available quickly or with sufficient value! The objective of this proposal is to provide an innovative, completely software-based data acquisition solution for EO market - Blink, disruptive enough to compete with existing oligopoly in this market segment. The EO market is very interesting as it is being boosted by skyrocketing growth of start-ups in NewSpace industry like SpaceX, OneWeb and Planet, to name a few, and increasing trend of moving from thick hardware solutions towards flexible and dynamic software solutions. The expected project outcome is a Blink device, a software-based solution for EO ground stations which will enable assembling a full performant ground station at a fraction of time and cost that are usual at a time being. This will bring benefit not just to growing segment of start-up companies, but also to big governmental missions worldwide, including Copernicus - the EU flagship mission for Earth observation. Humanitarian missions will also benefit from Blink. Construction of a larger number of ground stations and a faster GS deployment will significantly reduce time to get satellite images of disaster-struck areas. Therefore, rescue teams will be able to act faster, and hence save thousands of lives and homes. The successful implementation of the project, which already successfully passed Phase 1, with the support of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument will ensure the company's fast expansion of disruptive innovation for space technology market on EU level and beyond.