RTE anticipates an energy wall in 2030, and great tensions

2023-06-07 14:50:00

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The decarbonation imperatives set for 2030 impose electrification and behavioral changes much faster than expected, warns the Electricity Transmission Network.

Par Geraldine Woessner

The Electricity Transmission Network (RTE) warns of the indispensable, unprecedented acceleration in the development of wind and solar energy and the need for a massive reduction in overall energy consumption.
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Published on 06/07/2023 at 2:50 p.m.

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Lhe scenario was highly predictable. It nevertheless took the authorities by surprise, engaged in a formidable race against time to achieve, by 2030, both the ambitious decarbonization objectives set by Brussels (our emissions must have fallen by 55% compared to 1990) and the government’s promises of reindustrialisation.

Presented this Wednesday, June 7 to the press, the new forecasts for electricity consumption and production in France in 2035, drawn up by the Electricity transmission network (RTE) to take account of new ambitions, are still very fragmented. , but they give a fairly clear idea of ​​the magnitude of the energy wall that will have to be crossed, and of the social difficulties that will have to be overcome in order to…

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