Europe’s energy goals ‘endangered’ by permit delays

The EU’s 2020 energy targets will be imperilled if a three-year guillotine for transmission line permit appeals is watered down, the head of Europe’s electricity network operators warned yesterday (29 February) at the launch of a 10-Year network development plan.In a far-reaching projection, the European Network Transmission Systems Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) says that €104 billion will be needed to finance some 51,500km of high voltage power lines in the next eight ...

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