{"id":837325,"date":"2025-06-06T16:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T14:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=837325"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:19:04","slug":"the-energy-dilemma-caught-between-progress-and-retreat","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/publication\/studies\/the-energy-dilemma-caught-between-progress-and-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"The energy dilemma &#8211; caught between progress and retreat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"zw-cgb header-standard-block is-first-block desktop-has-image mobile-has-image default-margin white-color content-left content-down zw-atr-portrait-pos-default zw-atr-landscape-pos-left-bottom height-default \"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"zw-cgb-content col-12 mx-auto\"><div  class=\"header-standard-inner-container\"><div class=\"bg-image\"><span class=\"copyright-image d-none d-lg-block\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"respnsive-img d-none d-lg-block\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"atreus_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Energiestudie-2025-Website-header.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Energiestudie-2025-Website-header.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Energiestudie-2025-Website-header-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Energiestudie-2025-Website-header-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Energiestudie-2025-Website-header-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Energiestudie-2025-Website-header-1440x810.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1920\/1080 !important\" title=\"atreus_\"><span class=\"copyright-image d-lg-none d-block\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-img d-lg-none d-block\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"atreus_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Energiestudie-2025-teaser-4_3.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Energiestudie-2025-teaser-4_3.png 823w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Energiestudie-2025-teaser-4_3-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Energiestudie-2025-teaser-4_3-480x361.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"aspect-ratio:823\/619 !important\" title=\"atreus_\"><\/div><div class=\"preheadline-container\"><div class=\"zw-breadcrumb-container black-color d-md-down-none\"><\/div><h1 class=\" zw-cgb headline zw-prevent-animation\">Energy Study 2025: Energy at the heart of corporate planning and responsibility<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"inner-content\"><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext zw-prevent-animation\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"zw-breadcrumb-container black-color d-none d-md-down-block\"><nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"label\">c<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\">Home<\/a><span class=\"separator\"> c <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/publikationen-events\/\">Publikationen<\/a><span class=\"separator\"> c <\/span><span class=\"last\"><\/span><\/p><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb  textblock black-color zw-content-pos-center  default-margin \">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"zw-cgb-content col-12 g-0\">\n          <h2 class=\"zw-cgb headline \">Atreus study 2025 of the Solution Groups \u201eEnergy and Environment\u201c und \u201eMajor Infrastructure Projects\u201c<\/h2><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext \">Our latest study clearly shows that energy is no longer a marginal issue for companies in Germany \u2014 it is now a decisive factor in choosing a location. More than 500 executives from the German economy, almost 39 percent of whom are at C-level, took part in the survey in spring 2025. Their assessment reveals an area of tension in the energy industry \u2013 between the pressure to act and a crisis of confidence, between economic reality and political aspirations.<\/p><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext \">Download the complete study results now:<\/p><div class=\"zw-cgb unspecified\">\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb  buttonBlock black-color default-margin \">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12 g-0\">\n          <div class=\"zw-button-container center\"><div class=\"zw-cgb zw-cgb-button-container \"><a class=\"zw-cgb btn btn-primary \" href=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Atreus_Studie_EuU_Infrastruktur_Grossprojekte_2025_EN.pdf\">DOWNLOAD<\/a><\/div><\/div>        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer is-style-zw-default-color\"><\/div>\n\n\n    <div  class=\"  zw-cgb  halb-halb-block boxed default-margin \">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n\n                  <div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12 image order-1  px-0\">\n            <span class=\"copyright-image\">\u00a9 Alex \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"atreus_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/content-2u3-sp-1-studie-restrukturierung-und-transformation-2021.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/content-2u3-sp-1-studie-restrukturierung-und-transformation-2021.jpg 823w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/content-2u3-sp-1-studie-restrukturierung-und-transformation-2021-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/content-2u3-sp-1-studie-restrukturierung-und-transformation-2021-480x361.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"aspect-ratio:823\/619 !important\" title=\"atreus_\">          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"half-content has-padding col-lg-6 col-12 order-2 primary white-color small-headline\"><div class=\"inner-content parent-has-padding\"><h2 class=\" zw-cgb headline\">Energy as a strategic location factor<\/h2><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext \">61% of the executives surveyed stated that their company is strongly or very strongly affected by energy policy issues. Energy is therefore no longer a marginal issue, but a strategic factor in business decisions. Only 15.8% say that the topic plays hardly any role for them. The energy question is increasingly influencing investments, supply chains, and production strategies. At the same time, companies are finding themselves increasingly forced to act independently of political developments\u2014with sometimes far-reaching structural consequences.<\/p><div class=\"link-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>              <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\r\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb  intern-zitat-style  zitat-block black-color default-margin default-padding \">\r\n      <div class=\"row zitat-row\">\r\n        <div class=\" image-container g-0 order-1  col-menu-5 col-12 \">\r\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/team-en\/martin-schulz\/\">          <div class=\"img-with-gradient\">\r\n\r\n            <span class=\"copyright-image\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"atreus_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sch-ma-v6.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sch-ma-v6.png 555w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sch-ma-v6-480x600.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"aspect-ratio:555\/694 !important\" title=\"atreus_\">            <div class=\"linear-gradient-container\"><\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n          <div class=\"zitat-img-text-container\"><div class=\"zitat-name-container fulltext\"><span>Martin  Schulz<\/span><\/div><div class=\"zitat-discription-container fulltext\"><span>Partner and Head of Solution Group Energy &#038; Environment<\/span><\/div><\/div>          <\/a>        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"g-0 zitat-text-container order-2 col-menu-7 col-12 \">\r\n          <div class=\"zitat-text\"><span class=\"zitat-start-icon atreus-font\">D<\/span><p class=\"zw-cgb fulltext\">\u201eThe results of the study show that companies are willing to take responsibility for the energy transition. However, they need robust political guidelines to do so \u2013 and these have been lacking in the past. Instead of ambitious targets on paper, we need an energy policy that is business-friendly and focuses on security of supply and price stability. If the business community loses confidence, the entire transformation \u2013 including the necessary move toward climate neutrality \u2013 will be at risk.\u201c<\/p><\/div>                  <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\n\n    <div  class=\"  zw-cgb  halb-halb-block boxed default-margin \">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n\n                  <div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12 image order-1 order-lg-2  px-0\">\n            <span class=\"copyright-image\">\u00a9 Alex \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"atreus_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/content-2u3-sp-2-studie-restrukturierung-und-transformation-2021.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/content-2u3-sp-2-studie-restrukturierung-und-transformation-2021.png 823w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/content-2u3-sp-2-studie-restrukturierung-und-transformation-2021-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/content-2u3-sp-2-studie-restrukturierung-und-transformation-2021-480x361.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"aspect-ratio:823\/619 !important\" title=\"atreus_\">          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"half-content has-padding col-lg-6 col-12 order-2 order-lg-1 blue-900 white-color small-headline\"><div class=\"inner-content parent-has-padding\"><h2 class=\" zw-cgb headline\">Crisis of confidence in energy policy<\/h2><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext \">Despite the relevance of the topic, there is a lack of confidence in political control: only 6% consider the current energy policy to be clear or very clear, while 73.6% consider it to be unclear or completely unclear. The verdict on concrete implementation is also damning: only 2.5% believe that the right priorities have been set. Almost 34.4% disagree completely, and just under half respond with \u201cpartly.\u201d Overall, only 33.1% of respondents believe that politicians are capable of setting the right priorities while strengthening Germany&#8217;s competitiveness. The results point to a massive loss of confidence \u2013 with immediate consequences for investment willingness and long-term planning.<\/p><div class=\"link-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>              <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb  textblock black-color zw-content-pos-center  default-margin \">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"zw-cgb-content col-12 g-0\">\n          <h2 class=\"zw-cgb headline \"><strong><strong>Company objectives: security of supply and price stability<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext \">When asked about the overarching goals of a future energy system, companies set clear priorities: security of supply (score 5.36) and energy prices or affordability (5.31) top the ranking. Climate neutrality and technological openness follow at a noticeable distance. The corporate perspective is clear: the transformation must first and foremost be economically viable.<\/p><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext \">In this context, grid expansion is also seen as a key area for action: 93.3% consider it important or very important, with almost 70% rating it as \u201cvery important.\u201d 65.6% even demand that this expansion be implemented within the next twelve months\u2014a clear signal to politicians and grid operators. At the same time, there is reluctance when it comes to phasing out coal: only 30.7% consider it important or very important, while more than a third (36%) rate it as less important. The conclusion is clear: measures with immediate economic benefits are preferred \u2013 ideologically charged issues are losing support.<\/p>        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb  intern-zitat-style  zitat-block black-color default-margin default-padding \">\r\n      <div class=\"row zitat-row\">\r\n        <div class=\" image-container g-0 order-1 order-lg-2  col-menu-5 col-12 \">\r\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/team-en\/thomas-glasser\/\">          <div class=\"img-with-gradient\">\r\n\r\n            <span class=\"copyright-image\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"atreus_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gla-th-v3.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gla-th-v3.png 555w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gla-th-v3-480x600.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"aspect-ratio:555\/694 !important\" title=\"atreus_\">            <div class=\"linear-gradient-container\"><\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n          <div class=\"zitat-img-text-container\"><div class=\"zitat-name-container fulltext\"><span>Thomas  Gl\u00e4\u1e9eer<\/span><\/div><div class=\"zitat-discription-container fulltext\"><span>Partner and Head of Solution Group Infrastructure &#038; Major Projects<\/span><\/div><\/div>          <\/a>        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"g-0 zitat-text-container order-2 order-lg-1 col-menu-7 col-12 \">\r\n          <div class=\"zitat-text\"><span class=\"zitat-start-icon atreus-font\">D<\/span><p class=\"zw-cgb fulltext\">\u201eNetworks are the backbone of the energy transition \u2013 and this is precisely where progress is lacking. With almost two-thirds of companies expecting network expansion to be completed within a year, the pressure to act is enormous. Those calling for security of supply and investment today must speed up approval processes and simplify project implementation tomorrow.\u201c<\/p><\/div>                  <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\n\n\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb  textblock black-color zw-content-pos-center  default-margin \">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"zw-cgb-content col-12 g-0\">\n          <h2 class=\"zw-cgb headline \"><strong><strong><strong>Germany&#8217;s position on the sidelines of energy policy<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext \">The assessment of Germany as an energy location is devastating: only 12.1% of companies rate it as good or very good, while over 60% rate it as poor or very poor. Political uncertainty has thus long since become an economic brake. At the same time, there is a dangerous mismatch between problem awareness and implementation power: Two-thirds of companies recognize the relevance of energy supply for themselves, but only 45% feel well or very well prepared for the challenges it poses.<\/p><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext \">Vulnerability to slumps in industrial demand is also high: 31% of respondents say that falling energy demand from industry would have a direct impact on their own business. The high degree of interconnectedness along value chains is a risk factor here.<\/p>        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb  buttonBlock black-color default-margin \">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12 g-0\">\n          <div class=\"zw-button-container \"><div class=\"zw-cgb zw-cgb-button-container \"><a class=\"zw-cgb btn btn-primary \" href=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Atreus_Studie_EuU_Infrastruktur_Grossprojekte_2025_EN.pdf\">Get the full study<\/a><\/div><\/div>        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb  change-padding  infoblock default-margin black-color  \">\n      <div class=\" row\">\n        <div class=\"zw-cgb-content has-padding col-12\">\n          <div class=\"preheadline-container parent-has-padding\"><p class=\" zw-cgb preheadline ' .  . 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