Significant Renewable Energy Expansion Expected For Europe In 2025

The European Union (EU) has announced plans to add a further 89GW of renewable energy capacity this year. If successful, this will beat the record set in 2024 by 10GW. The increase will be mostly driven by solar projects, providing an estimated 70GW of power; new wind power projects will also contribute 19GW.

This will help the EU to reduce its reliance on gas imports and also meet its 2030 environmental targets. The additional capacity, however, is not guaranteed as increased costs, supply chain issues and permit delays are currently affecting the renewable energy sector.

Elsewhere in Europe, the United Kingdom has also approved major reforms to the country’s electricity grid which will allow for more renewable energy projects to become operational. Currently more than 750GW of clean energy has to be held in a queue as the grid does not have sufficient capacity. Collaboration between the government, energy industry and regulator Ofgem, aims to rectify this. Renewable energy developers also hope that this will increase certainty in renewables amongst investors and bring in more funding for additional projects.

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Sources:
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