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Europe’s Thinking Shifts on Supporting Renewables as Part of Green Recovery Package

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That means it could “kick-in as soon as July,” said Aurelie Beauvais, policy director, at SolarPower Europe, adding that she was hopeful for its prospects. SolarPower Europe's Beauvais thinks the expected favorable financing conditions of an EU-sponsored, national government-backed tender could ramp up interest.

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How Should Europe Decarbonize? Depends Who You Ask

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A "moderate" pathway advanced by SolarPower Europe and published in April 2020 forecast almost no nuclear or fossil fuel in the mix on an annual basis. A 2018 study by the consultancy firm Pöyry (now renamed Afry) estimated that fossil fuels would make up roughly 5 percent of the mix and nuclear around 4 percent.

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SolarPower Europe - Leading Environment, Climate, and Nature Groups unite with solar sector in common call for sustainable solar acceleration

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Global Briefing: France launches major floating offshore wind tender

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"The results of the climate stress provide profound insights into how climate change could impact the financial resilience in France and globally," said Dr Swenja Surminksi, interim deputy director and head of adaptation research at the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Top NYC restaurant goes vegan.

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How Germany’s Energy Transition Could Get Its Mojo Back

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Chancellor Angela Merkel (herself a former environment minister) was branded the "Climate Chancellor" early in her tenure. In this environment, antagonizing the coal lobby, or historically coal-reliant communities understandably ill at ease about their future, was not in the cards.

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