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Germany's environment ministry has
admitted that the country is likely to fall
short of its future greenhouse gas emissions
targets by seven percent. Environment
minister Barbara Hendricks has said
that Germany is on track to reduce its
greenhouse gas emissions by just 33
percent in comparison to 1990 levels by
the year 2020. This falls short of the country's
previously stated aim of 40 percent.
According to research from the German
arm of World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF) things could be even worse than
expected: Germany could actually miss
its 2020 emissions targets by 10.7 percent.
Germany's targets of 40 percent reduction
by 2020 and 55 percent reduction by 2030
are considerably more ambitious than
European targets. In comparison, Europe
is aiming for a 20 percent reduction by
2020.
Greenhouse goals
Prysmian Group has upgraded and
renewed its optical fiber production facility
in Douvrin, France.
With a total plant area of 155,000m² and 348
employees, the Douvrin facility is believed
to be the biggest European plant for the
production of optic fiber, and one of 11
Prysmian plants in France.
The plant produces 25 million kilometers
of fiber preforms per year, part of which
is drawn into fiber on site and the rest is
exported to be drawn elsewhere. The
group has recently invested approximately
€15 million in the plant, partly funded by the
French government and local institutions, to
increase its production capacity.
Fiber plant upgrade
Environment minister Barbara Hendricks