EU goes for offshore wind farms
Bloc aims to rely mainly on renewables within a decade
19 November 2020 - 15:54
Brussels — The EU unveiled plans on Thursday to transform its electricity system to rely mostly on renewables within a decade and increase its offshore wind energy capacity 25-fold by 2050.
Renewable sources such as wind and solar provide about a third of EU electricity, but the EU says that share will need to expand to about two-thirds by 2030 to put the bloc on track for its plan to become climate neutral by 2050...
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