Renewables

The Italian draft recovery plan could support the production of hydrogen from fossil gas and its use in rail traffic. This would increase Italy’s fossil gas dependency and leave renewable energy [...]

In Czechia, a citizens-based initiative for the development of small-scale renewables is applying for funding from the Modernization Fund. By doing so, it shows that a decentralised and [...]

Draft regional funds spending plans would support community owned renewable energy projects. This will increase the acceptance of renewables and trigger further private investments in a [...]

A well-funded support plan in favour of rural sustainable development can play a decisive role in ensuring a genuine just and ecological transition in Spain’s rural areas.

The Spanish government is planning to invest Recovery money in sustainable transformation of cities and municipalities. This is a welcome step, as cities and citizens have an increasingly [...]

The Spanish government plans to spend a substantial amount of Recovery funds on the development of ‘green hydrogen’. This however is still immature and much more expensive than solar or wind energy.

A well-designed program of the Bulgarian draft Recovery will finance renewables installations and energy efficiency measures in private buildings. Bulgaria should put more EU cash into it.

The Polish government will use Recovery money to finance renewable energy communities and cooperatives. This is what a citizens-led, green Recovery should be about.

France won’t meet its 2020 renewable energy target. Yet, the country’s recovery money will not support wind and solar. 

Fresh EU cash could have been a great stimulus to boost Latvia’s largely underdeveloped wind energy sector. The Latvian government seems blind to the country’s untapped wind potential, and may [...]