Two weeks after the conclusion of negotiations on the EU's Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), Lusatia was the first region to submit its application to the responsible EU Commissioner for Industry, Thierry Breton, to become a "Net Zero Valley". This was announced by the Lusatia Round Table on Wednesday. Six mayors from the municipal alliance are currently visiting Brussels to promote Lusatia as an energy region.
The Net-Zero Industry Act is part of the green industrial plan. It is intended to ensure that more clean technologies are produced in the EU. This involves technologies that drive forward the energy transition and cause little to no greenhouse gas emissions.
"The Act is an excellent instrument to enable our Lusatia region to drive forward structural change at the necessary speed," said Christine Herntier, spokesperson for the Lusatia Round Table for Brandenburg's municipalities, to the German Press Agency. She reported that Commissioner Breton had been impressed by the application and the ambitions presented and had promised the Lusatian representatives his active support, including in dialog with the federal and state governments.
