In the context of enhanced EU climate ambition and the increase of the EU’s 2030 GHG emission reduction target from 40% to at least 55%, the bloc’s main climate change laws for 2030 need to be recalibrated accordingly. The EU ETS – one of the central pillars for EU decarbonisation – and its mechanisms have to be reformed in light of such stronger ambition. SolarPower Europe believes that this reform is of utmost importance since a higher carbon price in the electricity sector would significantly speed up the transition to renewables across Europe.
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