Wind, Solar Warn EU 200GW Power Plan Risks Slowing Decarbonisation
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Updated · Recharge · Jul 20
Wind, Solar Warn EU 200GW Power Plan Risks Slowing Decarbonisation
3 articles · Updated · Recharge · Jul 20
Summary
Wind and solar groups said the EU’s new electrification push could backfire, warning the plan may slow decarbonisation instead of accelerating it.
Industry experts called the electrification action plan “unreachable” without additional support, arguing current measures are too weak to deliver the bloc’s stated goals.
The wind sector also said revisions to the EU Emissions Trading System risk undermining the transition by weakening incentives needed to speed electrification.
Those warnings land just hours after the European Commission reaffirmed a 200GW energy-storage target for 2030, part of a broader strategy to cut fossil-fuel use and lower energy costs.