EU Plans Massive Increase in Green Energy to Help end Reliance on Russia
“The EU plans a massive increase in solar and wind power, and a short-term boost for coal, to end its reliance on Russian oil and gas as fast as possible. In a plan outlined on Wednesday, the European Commission said the EU needed to find an extra €210bn (£178bn) over the next five years to pay,” reports Jennifer Rankin in The Guardian.
“Senior officials conceded that in the short term, the race to get off Russian gas would mean burning more coal and energy. The plan, drawn up in response to the Kremlin-ordered invasion of Ukraine and subsequent soul-searching about Europe’s dependence on Russian gas, proposes upgrades to the EU green deal, the bloc’s flagship.”
