Energy guzzlers are often unable to pass on the high energy prices to customers. ESD in Farmsum was forced to reduce production and send employees home. ‘We don’t know how to respond to this’

It is not only aluminum smelter Aldel that is in serious trouble due to high energy prices. The problems are also piling up with other energy guzzlers. “It is impossible to pass these prices on.”

ESD-SIC in Farmsum is one of the companies that got into trouble due to sky-high energy prices. “We can’t pass that on,” says CEO Gerhard Krause. Photo: Huisman Media archive

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