Drought and lack of gas pose major challenges for the sugar industry in Germany
Sugar Beet
Sugar
Germany
Published Sep 1, 2022
Tridge summary
The sugar beet cultivation area is somewhat larger than before. Nevertheless, both the beet volume and the sugar production will be significantly lower than last year and even below the three-year average. “We expect disappointing harvest results. In addition, the industry is concerned with the gas shortage.
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Because without a reliable energy supply, it is difficult to supply customers with regional and sustainable beet sugar,” says Günter Tissen, General Manager of the Sugar Economic Association, summarizing the situation. Sugar beet cannot be stored for long. Therefore, in the short, energy-intensive campaign, sufficient energy must be reliably available for harvesting, transport and processing. “The sugar industry is working feverishly on site-specific solutions. These mean considerable additional costs for the company. In addition, the prices for energy and other operating resources have risen significantly.” Becoming independent of external energy sources A secure energy supply will also be important in the future. By 2045, the energy for operating the factories is to be obtained from biogenic residues - beet pulp from our own production. "This would enable us to ...
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