British and electricity .. factories facing the dilemma of government support

At the heart of the British Industrial Revolution, the Berdnhth of Aluminum Factory finds itself in front of a unique dilemma, as he spent millions of pounds to secure energy for its factory, and reduce its carbon imprint, while the UK faces one of the highest electricity costs in the world.

But the situation becomes complicated when the factory consumption decreases from the minimum required to obtain government support, so the factory is forced to operate all facilities again to avoid losing the financial return, even if there is no actual energy need. Adrien Moscager, the head of sales in Bridenth, said that the factory official recommended at the end of the year to keep the lights lit for a little longer, even if there is no direct operational benefit. This contradiction reflects the difficult reality faced by major intense energy -consumption companies in Britain, amid high electricity prices and partial government support. According to the International Energy Agency, large British companies paid nearly four times the cost of electricity compared to American companies, and more than twice what their counterparts in France and Germany. This reality affected not only the competitiveness, but also contributed to the continued high rates of inflation, and the reasoning of the transition to cleaner energy and achieving the government’s goal by reaching the net zero emissions by 2050. Carbon. Rachel Solomon Williams, president of the Aldersgate Group specializing in carbon disposal policies, said that electricity prices represent the main obstacle to achieving net saffron emissions in the United Kingdom currently. It should be noted that electricity prices in Britain are always determined according to the cost of natural gas use, the most expensive, so that if there is a need to operate gas stations to ensure the demand for the demand is 100%, then the gas is the one that determines the sentence price for each for each Electricity purchases, even with power generation by 99% of wind, sun and nuclear energy. In addition, a large part of the electricity bills includes financing the construction of renewable energy sources and the modernization of the electricity network, as the shift fees for clean energy represents about 40% of the total bill. The burden of the burden on the consumption industries, the British government suggested canceling 90% of the electricity network fees for these users, instead of only 60% of the current. Manufacturers who spend more than 20% of their economic output on energy are exempted from the shift fees and most of the network costs, which causes Bridgelth to monitor its production accurately to avoid losing about 3 million pounds annually from the support. It is almost 60% of the electricity bills. The company uses an electric oven for the steel industry, and when the electricity costs rise exaggeratedly, the company extinguishes its oven, sometimes stopping production for consecutive days. Last year, the oven worked with only 70% of its capacity due to the high costs and the slowdown in demand. Gabriella Nizam, head of the sustainability department in the company, stressed that “the carbon reduction plan in the United Kingdom depends on the steel sector specifically, but it seems that we did not understand this concept well.” Nevertheless, Britain has achieved early successes in reducing emissions, by building one of the largest wind energy sectors in the world and graduating charcoal during the past fifteen years, and now aims to generate 95% of electricity Local carbon sources by 2030, but move to net zero emissions also need to convert heating, transportation and manufacturing sectors of fossil fuels, which are sectors that are highly costly. The Japanese company Nissan has stated that its British factory suffers from the highest electricity costs among its facilities around the world, which threatens its ability to produce electric cars locally. This reality reflects the complications of the transition to clean energy in Britain, where the balance between energy costs and the encouragement of sustainability has become a real challenge that threatens the competitiveness of the British industry and makes achieving the goals of net emissions more. Difficulty (Reuters)