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Anne Spiegel, Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility: “BASF sets future goals for climate protection in the chemical industry”

BASF wants to be climate neutral by 2050 / High investments in future technologies as a location factor

“A CO2 emissions reduction of 25 percent by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050: These are important goals, especially for an energy-intensive chemical industry. I welcome the fact that BASF, as in the past, is setting clear climate protection goals as a pioneer in the chemical and energy-intensive industries. BASF's planned high investments in future technologies ensure long-term regional value creation and are an important signal. One thing is clear: We will only achieve our state and federal climate protection goals if the energy-intensive economy in particular decarbonizes. “The largest chemical company today presented similar reduction targets as Germany and the EU and supports climate protection,” said State Minister Anne Spiegel. At the same time, the need for renewable energies is growing and BASF is presenting a plan for climate-neutral energy production. It is now important that the goals do not remain the same, but that they are achieved through the planned measures and projects and that renewable energies are expanded as best as possible in the country, Spiegel continued.

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• The government in Rhineland-Palatinate sees no alternative to the solar requirement
• Solar carports – carports with solar roofs

“With our recently updated climate protection concept, we want to continue to make climate protection a success together with local authorities, the economy and society.
In addition to the expansion of renewable energies, the concept focuses on the climate neutrality of the economy: it should replace fossil energies more strongly with renewable energies, especially climate-neutral hydrogen. Fortunately, this is exactly where BASF comes into play,” the minister concluded. The updated Rhineland-Palatinate climate protection concept is available online at: mueef.rlp.de/de/service/publikationen/

Source: Press release March 26, 2021

Stopping the Cattenom nuclear power plant is necessary and feasible

35 years after the Chernobyl disaster and another catastrophe in Fukushima, the debate about increased support for nuclear power has flared up again in the EU. This time the focus is supposedly on the fight against climate change, although it is actually about saving heavily financially burdened and completely unprofitable nuclear companies in the future.

Luxembourg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland are directly affected by the danger of nuclear power plants in neighboring regions. “We are therefore firmly committed to opposing the further promotion of nuclear power, especially in our immediate neighboring countries. It is clear to us that nuclear power must finally become a thing of the past given its unforeseeable consequences and dangers. No public money may be made available to promote the expansion of nuclear energy. Germany shows the way that a highly modern and important industrial country can phase out nuclear power. Belgium is also planning to gradually phase out nuclear power," said Carole Dieschbourg, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development from Luxembourg, Claude Turmes, Minister for Energy from Luxembourg, and Anne Spiegel, Rhineland-Palatinate State Minister responsible for the environment and energy business areas , Nutrition and Forestry as well as Anke Rehlinger, Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor, Energy and Transport from Saarland.

In the context of shutdowns of nuclear power plants - such as in the debate about Cattenom that has been going on for years - the question is often asked about the resulting consequences for security of supply. This question is a central imperative in the energy sector. Electricity must not only be safe and clean, but also sufficiently available, as our energy supply will be electrified in many areas as part of decarbonization. “We therefore had a study carried out by an independent expert office examine what consequences the closure of the Cattenom nuclear power plant would have on security of supply,” the minister continued.

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• Solar obligation and solar carport obligation in Rhineland-Palatinate (RLP)
• Solar carports are a profitable investment

“The new study confirms that a shutdown is possible. So far, France has not drawn the necessary conclusions from this and is instead even considering extending the service life of its outdated power plant fleet. We want to prevent this step in the interest of the lives and health of the people in the region and continue to exhaust all political options in order to achieve the earliest possible and final shutdown of the Cattenom nuclear power plant. Disasters like those in Chernobyl and Fukushima show that nuclear energy cannot be calculated and entails unjustifiable risks,” said State Minister Anne Spiegel.

Security of supply is guaranteed even after the closure of the Cattenom nuclear power plant, and retrofitting of the nuclear power plant is also possible.

This is shown by an assessment by the recognized independent expert office in the field of supply security “Consentec”. The experts conclude: “The security of supply concerns do not stand in the way of decommissioning the Cattenom nuclear power plant, as suitable remedial measures are technically known and can be made available in a comparatively short time.” Given the well-integrated and adequately supplied Western European electricity supply network, no bottlenecks are to be expected. The experts also believe that continued use of machines in the non-hazardous part of the plant to benefit the system is conceivable: One possibility would be to convert the machines in the non-nuclear part of the Cattenom power plant to so-called rotating phase shifters, as in Germany, for example, at the decommissioned Biblis nuclear power plant already practiced.

The Cattenom nuclear power plant must be taken off the grid. A term extension is unnecessary and completely unacceptable.

The French government plans to take several nuclear power plants offline in the coming years. The study presented on security of supply shows that the Cattenom nuclear power plant can be one of the plants that can be shut down as a priority. Luxembourg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland will work in close coordination for this overdue step and take action against the planned extension of the operating life of the Cattenom nuclear power plant beyond 40 years. In addition, the countries will work for complete transparency and co-determination: According to the international Espoo Convention, any extension also requires a comprehensive cross-border environmental impact assessment.

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• Solar carports have been around for a long time - a German pioneering achievement

Renewable energies are safe, clean and increasingly cost-effective. The future belongs to you!

Renewable energy is safe and clean. Furthermore, they guarantee climate protection and economic development in our regions and are also becoming increasingly cheaper than nuclear power: in France, electricity from offshore wind turbines is now almost two thirds cheaper than nuclear power. According to the French network manager RTE, a 100 percent electricity supply in the country with renewable energies is technically possible and, according to the “Agence de l'environnement”, also cheaper than nuclear power. Studies are increasingly showing that a complete change in energy supply is possible throughout the EU and that climate protection goals can therefore also be achieved. We therefore want to work together and increasingly promote the expansion of renewable energies in all areas. To combine climate protection, security of supply and the protection of our population.

The study is available here. Impact of a shutdown of the Cattenom nuclear power plant on security of supply in the region

Background to the Chernobyl reactor disaster

On April 26, 1986, a nuclear disaster occurred in Chernobyl: a technical experiment in reactor 4 failed. It should be checked whether, in the event of a power failure, the rotational energy of the turbine would be sufficient to produce sufficient electricity until the emergency generators are running. As a result, the reactor got out of control and triggered an explosion that contaminated large parts of Europe. The human consequences of this nuclear accident are dramatic and can still be felt today: thousands died as a result. The most important trigger of the accident is undeniable: the lack of control over nuclear technology. Humans do not have mastery of nuclear technology.

Source: Press release April 23, 2021

• Quick and easy assembly
• Stable strip foundation as collision protection
• Individually customizable design (color, materials, surface, size, etc.)
• Installation of charging stations and inverters is possible at any time
• Scalable & modular: Available as a single, double or arbitrarily scalable row carport
• Can even be used in the standard version for very high wind and snow loads (s _k = 2.2 kN/m²)
• Extra large and wide parking spaces and very easy parking thanks to W-shaped supports
• High-quality design for sophisticated and long-lasting requirements: Hot-dip galvanized steel construction (DIN EN 10346, DIN EN 1461)
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Solar carport and the solar obligation/solar carport obligation – Image: Xpert.Digital / seo byeong gon|Shutterstock.com

The demand for electric vehicles is increasing. The population has increased more than fifty-fold worldwide since 2012. In 2007 there were a total of 8 new registrations of electric cars in Germany. 2019 194,163 new registrations of electric vehicles! From January to May 2021 there were already 115,296 new registrations. The trend will continue to develop accordingly. Solar carports are already interesting investment goods. This also means an increase in the attractiveness of the production and company location for personnel and customer development.

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• Plan solar carport

A solar carport alone is not enough. Fundamental questions need to be clarified. Should the energy generated be fed into the grid or parked in energy or electricity storage? What are the load profiles, the technical connection conditions, number of charging stations, vehicle downtime and ultimately the specified total PV output? Will the charges be recorded with the company if the employee charges their company car from home? These are questions that we will have to deal with in the future. It is different from what we are used to today.

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• Charging infrastructure for electromobility in Germany
• Electromobility is coming slowly, but it is coming