Energy Transition: Gabriel wants to clean up – Tagesspiegel

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The Minister of Economic Affairs draws the planned coal output back out of concern for jobs in the Lausitz and in the Rhineland.

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Angriffslustig and willing to compromise, something flippant but highly knowledgeable: Sigmar Gabriel pulled out all the stops on Wednesday morning. The Minister of Economy and Energy explained some 1,500 representatives of the energy industry on their annual meeting in Berlin his work. Hildegard Müller hostess had as Chief Executive of the Federal Association BDEW last powerful steam discharged (“The coalition is a disappointment”) and the policy to certify to be no match for the various problems of the energy transition. A nice template for Gabriel.

“We now clean up the rubble that is left lying four or five years”, the Minister and Vice-Chancellor said looking back at the black-yellow coalition (2009 to 2013). At that time did Müller, who began her career in the CDU and a good rapport has to Chancellor retained. “. With my predecessors, you did not want to get into the wool is” And when he had called the utility company and the BDEW last November to put forward proposals to reduce CO2 emissions, was the announcement: “Mr. Gabriel, we do not want to talk about it. “Then just his house did with the climate or carbon post a proposal. “The time of pushing itself is now over,” Gabriel shouted into the hall. Then he acknowledged nor the demands of the Association for a comprehensive expansion of support for combined heat and power (CHP) and for a capacity market as non-market economy and far too expensive from the table. To them bring out shortly thereafter in modified form

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The Minister wants to cooperate with the energy

Gabriel was all in all to cooperation course. The Minister explained that from the Secretary of State of his Rainer Baake (Green) three months ago presented climate change levy. This should be avoided in addition to 2020 22 million tons of CO2. But RWE and Vattenfall, the coal states of Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Brandenburg, the unions and the BDEW held against it and counted before that many would lignite power plants and therefore uneconomic opencast mines. Gabriel himself spoke on Wednesday of “domino effect” and the danger of structural changes in the Lausitz and the Rhenish mining area. It will not come when the coalition committee agreed on July 1 to the following alternative to coal delivery: Old coal power plants are to be shut down, which brings According to Gabriel plenty million tonnes of CO2

The gradual closure of lignite power plants. a total capacity of 2.7 gigawatts be avoided by 2020 12.5 million tons of CO2. Thus Gabriel accesses a proposal of IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie, which coal-fired plants will be stuck for four years in a reserve capacity that is then mobilized when the renewable supply is not enough power. However, the IG BCE wanted to grab six gigawatt generating capacity in reserve. The for savings target of 22 million tons of missing 5.5 million tons will reach, among others, through the exchange of heat pumps and heating systems old Gabriel. These funds were in the federal budget required and the government-owned railway “must contribute,” Gabriel said without being more specific.

The coming out of his house climate contribution was indeed “efficiently and economically”, but the risk for jobs in the affected regions is too big. “The energy revolution will only run if we all take,” Gabriel said in this connection.

DIW argues for the coal delivery

For a different assessment a study by the DIW on behalf of the Green Party of the Böll Foundation: “The Climate Post offers opportunities for economic restructuring and employment.” In the original form of the carbon tax would cause in 2020 precipitated the CO2 emissions in this country lower by 26 million tons , the DIW has calculated. The possibility raised by the opponents of the selling price is negligible argument: For the private consumer, the kilowatt hour would only expensive by almost 0.2 cents. By contrast, now favored power plant reserve is expensive. “A reserve would be paid by the end customer and would old CO2 spin nor a golden end to,” said the energy expert at the DIW, Claudia Kemfert.

Either way come on consumers and taxpayers additional loads. Including through the planned expansion of CHP support; The higher CHP apportionment wants Gabriel however “not simply pass on the middle class.” Of course, you will also back with the Energy Association consist in transforming the energy industry, which is the major challenge in the coming years for Gabriel besides demographics and digitization. And throughout Europe. By scraping together the 22 million tons it was not done by far, the minister said, reminding the BDEW to have agreed to the objective in mind, by 2030 to reduce CO2 emissions by 200 million tons. Huge dimensions. “I’d like to meet me sometimes with six buddies, and a number for 2100-invent” the Vice Chancellor said facing the G7 summit of Elmau and there proclaimed decarbonisation. But he puts in the effort level

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