Karlsruhe (dpa/lsw) - The new EnBW boss Andreas Schell also sees the crisis as an opportunity to bring about changes more quickly. "The energy market has never been in the public eye like it is now," he told the German Press Agency when he took office on Tuesday. Schell doesn't see a stumbling block for the energy transition: "I don't think that the war in Ukraine will slow that down." With regard to the winter, the priorities only shift for a short time.
Schell wants to create acceptance for the expansion of renewable energies - personally if necessary. "If that means that I personally have to show myself somewhere and present the arguments why A or B is necessary, then I'm ready for it."
From the point of view of the new CEO, politicians have understood that bureaucracy, for example, has to be reduced. Now it's more about how to implement that, said Schell. "We all have to sit down at the table and think about what the things are that are delaying the whole thing." Dialogue is an important topic for him. "For me, that includes all interest groups." There is disagreement, for example, among the general public, "because somewhere somewhere someone has an issue for reasons that are often understandable. And that's why you have to put the facts on the table and bring the conversation partners together."
From Schell's point of view, it is understandable that there are different opinions on important issues. Many people showed great support for the energy transition. "And then there are those who have been fine with the fact that electrical energy was being produced somewhere in large power plants, but not near their house." Here you have to think about new incentives.
Schell succeeds Frank Mastiaux, who put the former nuclear power company on a course with renewable energies. On Friday, EnBW announced that it would lower its annual profit targets due to high burdens in the network business and the struggling gas subsidiary VNG.
