Climate: EU agrees to ramp up 2030 renewable energy targets
The European Union is poised to ramp up its 2030 renewable energy targets.
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The European Union is poised to ramp up its 2030 renewable energy targets.
Pro-nuclear power states such as France win concession in new targets
The European Union will aim to double its use of renewable energy by 2030 under a deal announced on...
France secured a concession on nuclear-powered hydrogen.
EU member states and MEPs agreed on Thursday to almost double the share of renewables in the energy mix by 2030, a key component of Europe's ambitious climate plan.The approved text enshrines biomass (wood burned to produce energy) as green energy, to the chagrin of environmental NGOs concerned about the impact on forests, and takes into account the role of nuclear power in producing carbon-free hydrogen - a subject that has sharply divided the Twenty-Seven. The agreement, reached at dawn after fifteen hours of final talks, sets the binding target of 42.5% o