The European Parliament has voted to include nuclear energy in the list of 17 so-called "green" technologies referred to in the EU Zero Emission Industry Act.
This decision was reported by an Ukrinform correspondent. It is worth noting that the European Parliament's decision is not final; the final list is yet to be agreed upon with EU member states.
The purpose of the law is to allow each EU country to develop technologies that meet its national needs and capabilities. France, in particular, plans to develop nuclear energy.
The EU wants to provide regulatory support to these industries in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and strengthen its energy sovereignty.
The Law on Industry with Zero Emissions, proposed by the deputies, will be submitted to the EU member states for negotiations in the Council of Ministers in early December for finalization.
MEPs believe that zero-emission technologies are important for the decarbonization of the EU economy.
"The increase in energy prices following the illegal military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine provided a powerful impetus to accelerate the implementation of the European Green Deal and strengthen the sustainability of the Energy Union by accelerating the transition to clean energy and ending any dependence on fossil fuels exported from the Russian Federation," – it is stated in the rationale for the Law on industry with a zero level of emissions.
The list of technologies with a zero level of greenhouse gas emissions is the position of the members of the European Parliament regarding the draft law, which aims to produce 40% of the EU's needs by 2030 in these markets, which are also claimed by China and the USA.
17 technologies include:
- renewable energy (wind and solar),
- nuclear energy,
- energy storage;
- capture, transportation, injection, storage and use of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide;
- hydrogen,
- alternative fuels,
- biomethane,
- heat pumps and biomaterials.
As EcoPolitic reported earlier, in March the European Commission developed a law on industry with zero emissions, which is designed to speed up permitting procedures for key projects in 5 directions of green technologies.
Subsequently, the European Commission was sued due to the inclusion of natural gas and nuclear energy in the classification of environmentally sustainable activities for investors – the green taxonomy.
