{"id":85004,"date":"2023-09-01T13:49:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T11:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=85004"},"modified":"2023-09-01T13:49:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T11:49:13","slug":"associations-demand-bridge-electricity-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/verbaende-fordern-brueckenstrompreis\/","title":{"rendered":"Associations call for bridge electricity price for industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The extremely high electricity costs in international comparison are pushing many German companies to the limits of their competitiveness. The industry association Plastics Europe Deutschland and the Alliance pro Br\u00fcckenstrompreis are therefore urgently calling for a temporary and fair bridge electricity price until sufficient quantities of renewable electricity are available.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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German industry is currently undergoing a fundamental and comprehensive transformation towards climate neutrality and a circular economy. Companies are replacing fossil fuels such as gas, coal and oil with electricity from renewable sources. They are focussing on converting and electrifying their production facilities. And they are working, for example in the plastics industry on product designs and technologies for more recycling and for more use of renewable raw materials<\/strong> - Recyclates, bioplastics, CO2 <\/sub>- for the production of plastics from non-fossil sources.<\/p>

\u201eThe goals are significantly greater independence from raw materials in geopolitically uncertain times, a resource-efficient economy with higher added value and decisive progress in climate protection. Only with a successful transformation will Germany be able to achieve these goals and thus remain internationally competitive and become a sustainable industrialised country.\u201c<\/p>

Dr Ralf D\u00fcssel,<\/strong> Chairman of Plastics Europe Germany<\/p><\/blockquote>

According to the industry association, this competitiveness is acutely jeopardised during the transformation effort of all times. Even before the invasion of Ukraine, electricity costs for German companies were high by international standards. Since then, electricity costs have risen again and become increasingly volatile, pushing many companies - including those in the plastics industry - to the edge of their competitiveness: The increased import costs for natural gas and raw materials led to a decline in production of almost ten per cent in 2022<\/strong> and a significant increase in producer prices of over 23 per cent. A decline in production of ten per cent is also expected in 2023.<\/p>

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According to Dr Ralf D\u00fcssel, the situation is serious: \u201eForward-looking investment decisions are increasingly being made against German locations due to the cost of electricity<\/strong> and the necessary massive investments in the transition to a climate-neutral circular economy at a crucial phase of the transformation\u201c.<\/p>

For Ingemar B\u00fchler, Managing Director of Plastics Europe Germany, a \u201erapid, ambitious and unbureaucratic expansion of renewable energies\u201c is needed. The required quantities of renewable electricity are important, but will only be available in a few years\u201e time. Ingemar B\u00fchler is therefore counting on \"politicians to recognise the urgent need for action in order to bring a highly innovative industry with hundreds of thousands of good jobs and a clear transformation course onto an equal footing internationally. With a fair, time-limited bridge electricity price, it can prevent the migration of investments that is currently taking place<\/strong> and ensure sustainable value creation in Germany\u201c.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The pro-bridge electricity price alliance is also calling for swift action<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Instead of making a clear commitment to Germany as an industrial location and embarking on the transformation with seven-league boots, the German government has once again postponed important decisions for the future. The members of the Alliance in favour of bridge power price<\/strong> the results of the Meseberg conference. The Alliance members called on the German government to swiftly adopt a temporary bridge electricity price, as investment decisions were either imminent or had not been made.<\/p>

The pro-bridge electricity price alliance is an alliance of associations and industrial trade unions from the energy-intensive industries<\/strong>. Together they represent 1.1 million employees in 8,000 energy-intensive companies.<\/p>

\u201eThe cabinet meeting did not achieve the desired result for the glass industry: The bridge electricity price, which is so important for us and which we need in the short term to overcome the current crisis and drive forward the transformation as quickly as possible, was not agreed. Yet it is five to 12 for the energy-intensive basic industries in Germany. Long-term measures are welcome in principle, but we need support now! A bridge electricity price would have an immediate effect and make it much easier for companies in the glass industry to decide to invest in a climate-neutral future. After all, the electrification of sub-processes in glass production will be an important pillar in the decarbonisation of the entire glass industry.\u201c<\/p>

Dr Johann Overath, <\/strong>Managing Director Bundesverband Glasindustrie e.V.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Without a bridge electricity price from 1 January 2024, jobs and entire locations would continue to be threatened, Allianz said in a statement. It announced, pool their strengths further<\/strong> and to increase the pressure on the federal government.<\/p>

\u201eThe German government has missed an important opportunity to give German industry growth prospects and planning security for investments. The important bridge electricity price was not agreed and the extension of the peak equalisation was postponed. The Growth Opportunities Act that has been passed will not be enough to provide the necessary transformation impetus.\u201c<\/p>

Winfried Schaur, <\/strong>President of Die Papierindustrie e.V.<\/p><\/blockquote>

\u201eThe German government must no longer ignore the alarm call from energy-intensive industry. A bridging electricity price is not only desirable, it is an absolute must in this crisis. The traffic light must no longer stand idly by and watch as declining production and falling orders rob many companies in our industry of confidence. To stop deindustrialisation, it must restore faith in the location NOW. Good-sounding long-term programmes are not enough. We need acute measures.\u201c<\/p>

Markus Steilemann, <\/strong>President of the German Chemical Industry Association - VCI<\/p><\/blockquote>

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