With its Solar Energy Strategy adopted on 18 May, the European Commission intends to massively scale up the deployment of solar energy across the EU and put an end to Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Solar thermal already supplies over 10 million households and hundreds of industries in Europe. But future growth will also depend on regulation, including the establishment of a level playing field against fossil-based heating technologies, the industry argues.
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Renewable heating ‘has not yet realised its potential’, EU official says
The European Commission aims to scale up renewables in heating and cooling as a way to phase out Russian gas, although industry sources say there is still much to do to ensure a level playing field with dominant fossil-fuel heating technologies.
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Spanish MEP: Solar thermal needs to ‘at least triple’ by 2030
One of the lawmakers steering the revision of the EU’s renewable energy directive in the European Parliament has called on the European Union to "at least triple" or even quadruple the production of clean energy from solar thermal by the end of the decade.
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A defining moment for Europe and the European solar sector
Europe is currently facing two major crises: climate change and energy security. To address these crises, there is one crucial element that should be considered: Heat. Why? Because heat is half of the energy we consume in Europe! Costas Travasaros is …