Energy intensive branches: EU Action Plan full of red tape
Energy efficiency long a hot topic in the industry
Germany‘s energy intensive industries (EID) have called attention to the bureaucratic consequences of the energy efficiency action plan that was recently introduced by the European Commission. According to Dr. Utz Tillmann, EID spokesman and VCI managing director representing the building materials, chemicals, glass, nonferrous metals, paper and steel sectors, the proposed obligatory energy management systems and/or inspections are unnecessary. “In our branches”, he points out, “energy efficiency has long been a hot topic, one for which we have long since done our homework. Compulsory targets...
