industry It is for business. Or at least that’s what the Minister of Industry and Tourism emphasizes. Jordi Hereu1. In just seven business days since the launch of the hotline PERTE decarbonizationalready submitted more than 100 requests. According to him, this shows that “this program has been well received among companies.” Hereu made this announcement during the closing of the ‘Zero Net Emission Strategy’ symposium. “For a Competitive and Sustainable Industry” organized by the Energy and Environmental Sustainability Foundation (fun sewing) The project was opened in the morning in Barcelona by the third vice president and the Minister of Ecological Transition. Teresa Ribera.
This first call will be followed by a second call from line 1 With a total of 370 million subsidies and 1,000 million loans through the second half of 2024Projects can be carried out Beyond 2026. We are also working on the 4th line for the financing of this PERTE. new highly efficient and decarbonized production facilities“A subsidy of 150 million euros and a loan of 100 million euros will be given here,” he said.
Electro-intensive industries
The Minister also reminded about other measures Support for electro-intensive industries to reduce energy billswith. These include the maintenance of 80% of the tolls supported by them. industries or increasing aid to compensate for CO2 emissions, which will rise by 25% this year to €300 million. “All this underscores the Government’s commitment to the energy transition in our industrial sector and the development of net-zero emissions industry.”
Hereu insisted Take advantage of the opportunity to advance in the net zero emissions industry and in Europe and Spain They are leading this major transformation by developing their own industrial technologies and capabilities and facilitating the energy transition of the entire industrial sector.
To this end, a common stance was reached on the ‘Net Zero Industry Law’ and the Critical Raw Materials Directive agreement during Spain’s last term presidency of the EU. Regulation encouraging net zero emission technologies, Includes incentives to increase Europe’s industrial competitivenessoffers greater security for investments in clean technologies and encourages innovation and access to finance. “With all this, we want to increase the production levels of green technologies and the distribution of zero-emission technologies in Europe,” said Hereu.
Finally, the President of Industry offered volunteering to those who attended the symposium. Collaborating with all sectors to advance emissions reductions. “This ecological transition path that we are diving into, we must do together with all actors and sectors, including the public and private sectors,” the minister said.
Following his appointment as minister, Hereu emphasized that he received the task of increasing the weight of industry in the gross domestic product (GDP) from the Head of Government and, according to his own statement, advocated a strategy compatible with “the struggle”. “Against climate change” He added that all this would only be possible with innovation and technology as well as a Europe-wide strategy.