dena is Germany’s centre of expertise for energy efficiency, renewable energy sources and intelligent energy systems. As the “Agency for the Applied Energy Transition” dena contributes to the attainment of energy and climate policy objectives. dena develops solutions and put them into practice, both nationally and internationally. dena focuses efforts on the building, power and transport consumption sectors, as well as on issues relating to energy generation, storage, networking, and digitalisation. Dena realizes pilot projects, advises politicians, manufacturers and service providers, qualify multipliers, informs consumers, builds networks, encourages international exchanges and develops future scenarios. To do so, dena primarily focuses on market instruments and innovative business models views the energy system as a whole, because it is becoming increasingly vital to link the many different parts of the world of energy to each other. dena’s shareholders are the Federal Republic of Germany and the KfW Group.