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A European energy union

EU energy strategy: From currency to employment rights, European unity has proved workable on a number of important issues. Yet one of Europes most pressing concerns energy remains fragmented, lacking a binding strategy that could deliver a more sustainable, independent future. pv magazine finds a solar industry armed with the tools to engineer change, but asks: Is there sufficient political appetite to challenge the status quo?

By

Ian Clover

15 Sep 2014

If money talks, then energy is content to whisper in its ear. In Europe, discussions about the continent’s energy future are inexorably linked to hard cash. Any hint of political interference is met with fierce opposition by the attack dog lobbyists that prowl the PR-attuned perimeters of the fossil fuel industry. Energy discourse has long …

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