A reality check on power-to-liquids: How not to use renewable energy

By encouraging the use of clean energy sources to produce fossil fuel for cars, the proposed revision of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) opens the door to massive public subsidies for costly, inefficient and polluting ‘solutions’, warns Jonas Helseth.

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Using vast amounts of renewable energy to convert CO2 into fossil fuels could take a large toll on Europe's climate initiatives. If power from a wind turbine goes straight to the exhaust of a car, the EU's renewable target will vanish into (and pollute) thin air, Bellona warns. [Think Stock/Bellona]

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