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Euro Chlor views and comments on Energy-Climate related issues

12/2008

In this chapter, we will regularly publish news and Euro Chlor views/positions on the issue of climate change and the energy matters strongly related to it. Energy is a top issue for the chlor-alkali industry: every industrial electrolysis is by definition an electricity intensive process.

Newest

European Chlor-Alkali cautious of numerous ETS uncertainties

Euro Chlor recognizes several positive elements in the Emission Trading Scheme Review, presented in the proposal adopted December 17th by the European Parliament. However, despite the clear intention to provide measures for the chlorine industry to prevent carbon leakage, a number of details still need to be clarified to bring certainty to the legal framework the industry requires to plan investments. Read more here.

Have been published earlier:

The cost of carbon emission trading

• In the first Position Paper, called "Cost and Competitiveness Impact of EU ETS Phase 3 on the chlor-alkali Sector", Euro Chlor underlines the fact that, for electricity-intensive industries, indirect carbon leakage is a greater threat than direct carbon leakage. And the chlor-alkali industry is one of the most energy intensive industries of all. Consequently, it is crucial that the chlor-alkali industry is recognised in the Directive and that appropriate mitigating measures are taken in order to ensure that electricity-intensive industries will have a future in Europe, and carbon leakage will be avoided.

The treatment of electro intensive industries

• The second paper, issued November 2008, and called "Revision of the EU ETS – amending Directive 2003/87/EC Electro intensive sectors - inclusion and carbon leakage exposure criteria" develops the above mentiond these more in detail. It als answers the question "how" appropriate mitigating measures can be taken: this compensation should take place on the basis of a sectoral performance benchmarks. In these benchmarks European electro-intensive installations will be tested and judged against the best installations in their class.

Any questions?

• A third paper was issued at the beginning of december, 2008: a list of Questions&Answers about chlor-alkali production and its use of energy. It explains in lay terms the most important matters one needs to know in order to fully understand the importance of Euro Chlor view points in the energy/climate ETS-debate.