Env minister calls for state support programme for climate projects in industry
Germany鈥檚 new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, wants to introduce a state support programme for climate projects in industry, she told the Rheinische Post. 鈥淭ogether with my cabinet colleagues from the economy [BMWi] and research [BMBF] ministries, I want to start a support programme to decarbonise the energy-intensive industries, for example steel and cement,鈥� Schulze told the newspaper. The federal government would reimburse up to half of the costs 鈥渋f a company develops an alternative technology with emission-free energy,鈥� she said. The companies would secure their competitiveness, and the technologies could be exported, said Schulze.
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