The government is firing on all cylinders to achieve its goal of reducing energy consumption by 10% within two years.
As part of its energy sobriety plan, it launched a new sector working group on Wednesday, dedicated to industry.
The eighth of its kind, after in particular those devoted to the organization of work in companies, housing, establishments open to the public, sports or transport.
During this first meeting, which brought together the Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the Minister Delegate for Industry, Roland Lescure, as well as federations and industrial groups, a series of measures to reduce energy consumption in industry.
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At the end of this workshop, the ministers were very clear: the paths to sobriety in the secondary sector are not linked to production.
“
The industry has made enormous efforts on the energy consumption at the heart of its processes.
Production has been optimized to consume as little energy as possible, this is not where the energy savings lie
,” assured Agnès Pannier-Runacher.
Roland Lescure followed suit: “
The objective of this sobriety plan is to make in industry as in all sectors all the savings that are not directly linked to the production process, (... ), which will allow us to avoid significant drops in activity.
»
Temperature, lighting and heating
Measures " to control the temperature in offices, in workshops
", or even "
measures on lighting
" and "
on the use of buildings when they are not open
" were mentioned during this first meeting .
to the public, for example on weekends or at night
”, listed Agnès Pannier-Runacher.
“
There are also all the measures for adjusting domestic hot water, boilers and heat pumps and the various heating systems
,” she added, saying that they could lead to reductions in consumption. of “
5.7, 10%
”.
The minister also mentioned the
digital installations that can run at night, on weekends, without necessarily being useful at that time
”.
Not a word on the other hand on the possible energy cuts of which the industrial companies could be victims in the event of too much tension this winter on the supply of electricity and gas.
A threat agitated by the executive, in particular on gas, since households will not be affected by potential gas shedding, repeated Elisabeth Borne.
“
Industry is a big consumer of energy, but it is a sector that we want to preserve as much as possible
”, reminded Roland Lescure on Wednesday.
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According to Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the signals of sobriety sent for several weeks by the government and companies have already made it possible to lower energy prices on the markets.
"
The information that we have been able to provide to the market at government and business level has helped to calm these prices down a bit, but they remain high
," said the Minister for Energy Transition.