The European Commission today unveiled its long-awaited Energy Union package that it claimed will speed the EU’s transition to a cleaner energy system – earning a qualified welcome from key renewables industry bodies.
As expected, the package of measures includes plans to end priority dispatch status for renewables on Europe’s grids, although only for new installations. Existing capacity, plus small-scale deployments and those demonstrating “innovative technologies” are exempted in a compromise that will still prove highly controversial.
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