Based
on
the
agreement,
the
ITRE
will
now
start
negotiations
with
the
European
Commission
over
the
funding,
which
gives
the
sectors
75%
of
the
energy
support
available
under
Europe’s
Horizon
2020
R&D
initiative.
"MEPs
(members
of
the
European
Parliament)
have
understood
how
crucial
wind
energy
and
other
renewables
are
to
the
EU's
economic
growth,
technology
leadership,
fighting
climate
change,
and
that
sufficient
R&D
funding
is
essential
to
further
their
development,"
says
European
Wind
Energy
Association
(EWEA)
regulatory
affairs
advisor
Vilma
Radvilaite.
The
ITRE
committee
also
moved
to
improve
the
"transparency
and…
