Stockholm / Potsdam / Dresden (dpa) – The Swedish energy group Vattenfall may sell its German brown coal business to the Czech EPH group. The Swedish government approved the plans of the company.
“I have informed the company that we agree with the Agreement of [Vattenfall] management,” said Economy Minister Mikael Damberg. The decline in electricity prices in Germany have Vattenfall and other companies added violently, so Damberg. In the governments in Brandenburg and Saxony, the decision met with joy -. Not at Greenpeace
The sale of lignite activities in Lausitz at EPH and its financial partner PPF Investments should be completed August 31, informed Vattenfall With. According to EPH both assets totaling 15 billion crowns assume (1.6 billion euros) and liabilities and provisions for the regeneration of lignite fields in the amount of 18 billion crowns (1.9 billion euros). The sale relates to coal power plants and mines in Brandenburg and Saxony.
As the owner, the Swedish government had examined the proposed sale to the EPH Group Investor Daniel Kretinsky since April. He was rated as “strategically correct and as the best economic alternative,” says Damberg. At EPH already belong to Germany, the mining company Mibrag headquartered in Zeitz (Saxony-Anhalt) and its subsidiary Helmstedter Revier GmbH (HSR) with the power plant Buschhaus.
In the sales process for the Lausitz locations also had the Czech Czech-Coal group, the Czech state company CEZ, the Essen-based energy group Steag and Greenpeace expressed interest – but leave mostly any offers
Vattenfall employed in the division around 8000 people -. in Saxony and Brandenburg. The Vattenfall Group had in 2014 decided to divest itself of the business. The red-green government in Stockholm had previously set a goal to provide more renewable energy
EPH had promised to take the Vattenfall collective agreement -. And by the end of 2020, there will be no compulsory redundancies
“This is good news from Stockholm,” said Prime Minister of Brandenburg Dietmar Woidke (SPD). “The uncertainty for coal buddy, their relatives and the employees of subcontracting is finally over. From the new owners, I expect it of its responsibility in the Lausitz is just like Vattenfall. “Brandenburg’s Economics Minister Albrecht Gerber (SPD) was delighted. He expects now, “that EPH is a reliable partner for the state government and for the region”.
“I think it’s good that the Swedish government has today approved the sale of lignite division of Vattenfall EPH” said Prime Minister of Saxony Stanislaw Tillich (CDU). This will give the region security. “We will ensure that the company manages a smooth transfer of operations, also allow the buyer to meet its obligations undertaken.» Sachsen stand the EPH any time available for discussions.
The environmental organization Greenpeace demanded by the Federal Government that it stops this sale and transferred the lignite sector in a state foundation. The coal would remain in the ground. Since the World Climate Conference in Paris was clear that there should be no new opencast more. “Until the very latest 2030 Germany must get out of the coal. Both will not be implemented with EPH as an investor, “said Greenpeace spokesman Karsten Smid.
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