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Offline rangerrebew

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Is France Quietly Ditching Renewable Energy Targets?
« on: January 11, 2024, 12:29:38 pm »
Is France Quietly Ditching Renewable Energy Targets?
11 hours ago Eric Worrall 48 Comments
Essay by Eric Worrall

First published JoNova, NetZeroWatch; Greens are furious the wrong kind of zero carbon energy is being prioritised?

France drops renewables targets, prioritises nuclear in new energy bill

Critics are deriding as a step backward a new French energy bill that favours the further development of nuclear power and avoids setting targets for solar and wind power and other renewables.

Issued on: 09/01/2024 – 08:26

By: NEWS WIRES



The proposed text affirms “the sustainable choice of using nuclear energy as a competitive and carbon-free” source of electricity, and targets the construction of at least six but as many as 14 new reactors to pull off the transition to clean energy and meet climate change goals.

But the proposed text sets no such targets for building renewable capacity, in particular wind and solar, whereas previous energy laws did.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/01/10/is-france-quietly-ditching-renewable-energy-targets/
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Re: Is France Quietly Ditching Renewable Energy Targets?
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2024, 05:54:43 pm »
Are there policy makers in France (of all places) that actually think and plan rationally for the future...?