Energy - Northern states: Federal government must keep funding promises for turnaround
The five northern German state governments have called on the federal government to keep its funding commitments for the energy transition. Together with the heads of business associations and trade unions, they adopted a position paper in Hamburg on Thursday to strengthen industry and accelerate the energy transition. "The federal government's electricity price package and the federal government's commitments to support innovation projects must be implemented," said Hamburg's Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) after the so-called Energy Convention of the Northern Germany Conference on the premises of copper manufacturer Aurubis.
The north is particularly well positioned for a successful energy transition, said Lower Saxony's Minister President Stephan Weil (SPD). "But to ensure that we remain an important location for basic industries, a bridge electricity price for energy-intensive companies is indispensable."
Schleswig-Holstein is sticking to its goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2040, said Dirk Schrödter (CDU), Head of the State Chancellery in Kiel. Now it is up to the federal government. "The targets set so far are ambitious, but necessary to ensure that Germany remains competitive." The head of the Schwerin State Chancellery, Patrick Dahlemann(SPD), emphasized: "From Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's point of view, it is particularly important that there is also a west-east connection in the development of a national hydrogen network that connects our state with its ports on the Baltic Sea coast with the other northern states."
The ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court on November 15 has called into question the financing of numerous projects from the federal climate and transformation fund.
Hamburg Senate Chancellery on the energy convention
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- The Federal Government's funding commitments for the energy transition in the northern states are crucial for accelerating industrial growth and the energy transition.
- Aurubis, a significant copper manufacturer based in Hamburg, supports the calls for the federal government to uphold its funding promises for the energy transition.
- Peter Tschentscher, the Mayor of Hamburg and an SPD member, urged the federal government to implement its electricity price package and support innovation projects related to the energy transition.
- The state government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern emphasizes the importance of a west-east connection in the development of a national hydrogen network for the region's ports on the Baltic Sea coast.
- Lower Saxony, led by Stephan Weil, a SPD member, asserts that a bridging electricity price is essential for energy-intensive industries to remain competitive in the northern states during the energy transition.
- The northern German states, including Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen, and Lower Saxony, backed by the SPD, demanded that the federal government fulfill its funding commitments in order to successfully navigate the energy transition and ensure Germany's continued competitiveness.
- The state government of Bremen is expected to support the calls for the federal government to keep its funding pledges, aligning with their shared goal of advancing the energy transition in Northern Germany.
Source: www.stern.de
