Energy schedule 2050: Clean, but expensive

Not only private consumers, but also entrepreneurs, are facing the ever-increasing energy costs: When is the point at which energy-intensive companies in the United States and Europe can no longer produce economically? When are company managers forced to relocate production to countries outside the EU in order not to close the farm?


Energy schedule 2050


On the other hand, there is no way around the reduction of EU greenhouse gas emissions. By the year 2050, 85 to 90 percent of EU greenhouse gas emissions are to be saved compared to 1990 levels. The EU Heads of State and Government have agreed on this objective. However, the current policy will not succeed.


Relaxation from 2030


In order to achieve the 90 per cent reduction in emissions, several proposals for short- and long-term energy strategies are currently being discussed in Bruessel.


Statement: Extensible


If the vision of a carbon-free world is to become a reality by the year 2050, this will lead to a significant increase in energy prices. This can be seen in the Energy Plan 2050, as presented by the EU Commission.


"In the area of ​​energy production alone, the investment requirement in the United States is about three trillion euros by 2050," explains Herbert Reul (CDU), Chairman of the Committee for Industry, Research and Energy of the Europaparlament. For the EU as a whole, the cost is a multiple.


"In the end, consumers will always have to pay for the costs." Electricity prices will rise, network fees, rent, numerous products of daily life, because their production will also become more expensive. " To what extent all these additional costs, as promised by many experts, can be offset by gains in energy efficiency and a lower consumption is questionable, says Energy Experts Reul.


The EU Commission is more optimistic in its "Communication on the 2020 energy timetable": "The restructuring creates a new environment for European industry and can improve competitiveness". Electricity prices are expected to rise by 2030, but are likely to fall as a result of lower supply costs, savings and improved technologies.


The company must, however, be prepared for an increase in energy prices over the next few years and should be prepared to: "Protective customers and energy-intensive industries may need support during a transitional period," the Commission adds

The information and communication technology (ICT) will play an important role in the future energy supply and the management of renewable energy sources. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy calls on the EU Commission, in a draft report to prepare for Parliament's resolution, to "submit proposals for the expansion, promotion and standardization of intelligent electricity networks and meters".

It is clear that we will have more renewable energies in the future. For this, however, we need infrastructure that we do not have yet and which will also cost a lot of money. Unfortunately, what we are currently doing at a national level in renewable energies is far removed from cost-efficiency and infrastructure expansion. "