Companies above 7.5 GWh/yr final energy must run a certified energy/environmental management system (deadline was 18 July 2025); companies above 2.5 GWh/yr must publish implementation plans for all economically viable efficiency measures found in audits, and must avoid or use waste heat and report it to the federal waste-heat platform. In short: the measure list is mandatory — funding it via EEW is the rational response.
From our guide: Germany Pays for CO2 Reductions — full context, charts and sources there.
