Burden of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act threatens cement industry

摘要

The German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) could become a massive threat to production and employment in the German cement industry. The background is the so-called state aid procedure that is currently being initiated by the EU commission, and which could result in an electricity price explosion for energy-intensive production processes. As a consequence, more than half the German cement production would be directly threatened. As a result of cement production plant shutdowns, 20000 highly-qualified jobs would be lost in the cement industry, as well as in the upstream and downstream sectors. These are the findings of a recent study produced by the EEFA -Research Institute of Muenster, on behalf of the Association of German Cement Works Association (Ver-ein Deutscher Zementwerke (VDZ)).