Featured in High time for a masterplan – 06-2023

Europe can’t waste a single ray of sun

As the solar wave sweeps across Europe, creaking grids are emphasizing the continent’s overriding need for energy storage, explains SolarPower Europe CEO Walburga Hemetsberger.

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pv magazine

09 Jun 2023

EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson. | Photo: Bénédicte Maindiaux

Over the winter, for the first time, EU renewables generated more electricity than fossil fuel energy sources, with a 40% share of the energy mix. The high cost of fossil fuel imports and the need for energy independence after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine called for a major change in the EU energy system. One thing …

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