Solar energy in the EU

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🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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The EU solar energy strategy proposed under the REPowerEU plan aims to make solar energy a cornerstone of the EU energy system. Boosting renewable energy is also an important part of the European Green Deal in the context of the green transition towards climate neutrality. Solar energy is affordable, clean and has been the fastest-growing energy source in the last decade. It can be used for electricity and heating, while also helping reduce EU dependency on energy imports by replacing them with domestic production. EU measures to boost solar energy include making the installation of solar panels on the rooftops of new buildings obligatory within a specific timeframe, streamlining permitting procedures for renewable energy projects, improving the skills base in the solar sector and boosting the EU's capacity to manufacture photovoltaic panels.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the European Parliamentary Research Service podcasts.
0:04.7	In this podcast, we'll analyze how solar energy can help the EU move towards climate neutrality
0:10.8	while reducing its dependency on energy imports by replacing them with domestic production.
0:16.7	Want to know more? Stay with us.
0:20.8	Solar energy is cheap, clean, and its increasingly winning concerns Want to know more? Stay with us.
0:26.5	Solar energy is cheap, clean, and it's increasingly winning consumers and politicians over.
0:28.9	And it's not difficult to see why.
0:35.6	It can be used for electricity and heating, not only protecting consumers against soaring energy prices, but also allowing them to produce their
0:38.2	own energy.
0:39.3	For instance, by means of rooftop solar panels.
0:42.1	It also creates hundreds of thousands of jobs as well as new businesses.
0:46.7	But there's always a but.
0:48.7	There are challenges.
0:49.9	Yes, there are.
0:51.2	To begin with, supply is not stable, as it is highly dependent on the weather
0:55.4	and the geography. There is also competition for land use with other sectors, such as agriculture,
1:01.9	technological challenges linked to energy storage and conversion, a lack of skilled workers,
1:06.7	and with China dominating global production, there is also a risk to create new dependencies.
1:12.6	So, what is the EU doing to help the sector overcome these challenges and promote its development?
1:19.0	Stay with us.
1:22.6	Boosting renewable energy is an important part of the European Green Deal and the more ambitious climate
1:28.7	goals enshrined in the European climate law. But Russia's invasion of Ukraine, combined with
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