General Article 2050: 97% of EU electricity from renewable energy

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Renewable energy could supply 97% of the European Union’s electricity supply by 2050, according to the study Energy Revolution – Towards a Fully Renewable Energy Supply in the EU 27 by the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and Greenpeace.
‘The study shows that investing in green energy will nudge up the cost of electricity in the short to medium term, but will save trillions of euros in fuel costs alone from 2030 and represents an immediate investment in jobs and energy security,’ the s...

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