Lime industry calls for the CCS core law
to be included in a 100-day program of the next federal government
On the occasion of the federal election on 23 February, Philip Nuyken, Managing Director of Politics at the German Lime Association, urges the future government to act quickly:
“Strengthening the industry also means averting damage to it. The political failure of the CCS Act while the current government is still in power will cost the lime industry alone hundreds of millions of euros per year. The lime industry therefore takes Mr. Merz at his word to answer the question of whether a law will benefit or harm the industry in future. The message from the lime industry is clear: a CCS law benefits the industry and climate protection at the same time. It belongs in a 100-day immediate action program.”
“Large lime companies such as Lhoist Germany Rheinkalk GmbH are linking investments worth billions to a CCS law,” says Philip Nuyken. “Without such a law, there is no opportunity for investment decisions and climate protection, while rising CO₂ costs are a burden on competitiveness. Even Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Made-in-Germany bonus is unfortunately worth nothing without a CCS law.”
Philip Nuyken appeals to the SPD and CDU candidates for chancellor: “The next German government will decide whether industrial innovations continue to come from Germany or go abroad. The next federal government will be faced with the question of whether new business models will be possible or not. The lime industry is clear on this issue: investment in Germany should be made possible again for innovation from Germany. A CCS law is such an investment facilitation law.”
