EUROPEAN ELECTRICITY COMPANIES ASK FOR INTEGRATION OF ENERGY GOALS IN NEW EU WATER POLICY PAPER
September 1st, 2012
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
JUST two months before the European Commission is expected to release its 'Blueprint to Safeguard Europe's Waters' - a policy paper aimed at strengthening the European Union's (EU) water policy - electricity companies are voicing their concerns that a largely environmental approach might harm energy goals, including security of supply.
"Making the ecological requirements of the [EU] Water Framework Directive (WFD) the sole regulatory drivers governing hydropower in Europe would put the achievement of other policies at risk," ...
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