Translation of "matériau à forte intensité d'énergie " (French → English) :

Points out that although European electricity retail prices for small and medium-sized industrial and business customers and private consumers are relatively high in many Member States, investing in energy efficiency can boost the competitiveness of European businesses and reduce energy costs for private consumers; stresses, however, that the electricity bill in the EU consists on average of one third of indirect, state-induced tax and levies for private households, which when applied as fixed elements on bills, can make it difficult for consumers to feel the benefits from energy saving, and contributes to energy poverty; notes that levies to finance European climate and energy policies are the smallest part of the bill; and underlines t ...[+++]hat the high energy prices in the EU result in a difference in energy prices between EU Member States and our main competitors in large parts of the world, which inhibit the competitiveness of European energy-intensive industries; notes that innovation also increases with greater investment in energy efficiency, placing EU industry in a world-leading position.

We are seeing a transition in industrial production towards systems that will be more electricity intensive, yes, but much less energy intensive, much less fossil fuel intensive.

Eight per cent of its exports are fossil-fuel-based, and 30 per cent are energy-intensive, similar to Canada at 28 per cent.

Canada has higher energy intensity, adjusted for PPP, than any IEA member country. This is largely due to its concentration of output in energy-intensive sectors: cold climate, large distances, and high standard of living.

It would penalize energy-intensive industries and the cost on an industry like ours, even at a cost of about $10 per tonne of carbon emitted.Natural Resources Canada estimated that the potash mining sector would have the highest mining sector impact and the nitrogen fertilizer sector would be the highest feedstock energy sector impacted.

We could not immediately say ``All right, the tap is shut off on current fossil fuel-based or energy intensive resources,'' but we need to shift our tax incentives or tax policies towards energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable energy.