The European Parliament's industry committee on Monday (14 November) approved legislation that will help speed up the deployment of solar, wind and hydro projects.
By determining all renewable energy projects to be of "overriding public interest" certain environmental assessments will no longer be necessary.
"Today, we have laid the foundation for permanently faster processes to issue permits, thereby accelerating the deployment of renewable energies, thus boosting the energy tr...
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