"Given that further developments are not foreseeable, Volkswagen is making arrangements for various flexibilisation measures extending as far as short-time work".
A high potential for further flexibilisation of bioenergy from solid biomass may be achievable by implementation of small-scale CHP systems (examples for solid biomass gasifiers with small-scale CHP technology which are already marketed today include Spanner, Entrade, SynCraft, Burkhardt and others).
For example, the flexibilisation of one existing biogas plant with a rated power of about 800 kW causes additional capital-related expenses of 33,000 € per year for a PQ value of 1.5, over a period of 10 years.
In combination with revenue prospects associated with a participation in balancing markets, the market premium scheme under the EEG 2012 has set meaningful flexibilisation incentives for bioenergy plants, particularly for biogas installations eligible for the flexibility premium.
As a result of the sharp cuts in the reference prices for bioenergy in the EEG 2014, the recently introduced extended flexibilisation requirements for biogas plants are likely to be relevant for only a small number of new installations.
"The practice of flexibilisation strategies often does not overlap with the wishes and needs of workers, because the opportunities for participation are small and there is little room for planning the daily routine" [45].
This sign of flexibilisation and especially of deregulation in the labour market is not only a problem for part-time workers: Almost 15%% of the full-time employed in Austria already work in a precarious low-wage sector.
Work is made precarious by special forms of flexibilisation.
According to Kratzer, this is not a transformation from a stable system to a flexible one, but more " a transition of flexibilisation, virtually a flexibilisation of the flexibilisation" [4, p. 3].
The costs of flexibilisation once more depend on the specific technology in use.
