Emission Allowances

To improve climate protection, many countries want to limit emissions from energy-intensive industries – particularly CO₂ emissions. The EU intends to attain this goal by granting emission allowances to relevant industrial companies and the energy sector. WACKER is affected by this at its Burghausen and Nünchritz sites in Germany. CO₂ certificates were issued for the period to 2012. WACKER has not experienced any negative emissions-trading effects to date. The exact nature of European emissions trading as of 2013 is currently unclear. According to existing EU decisions, large parts of the chemical industry will be included in the trading system. It is still unclear, though, what proportion of the certificates required for individual plants will have to be paid for. WACKER has installed an early warning system that enables us to react quickly if our emission allowances should not suffice for our needs.