Thursday, October 03, 2013

Time for Europe to embrace 'affordable, sustainable' energy solutions


The European Union should embrace new renewable solutions such as gas fermentation technologies to advance towards a low-carbon economy, argues Jennifer Holmgren.
Jennifer Holmgren is chief executive of LanzaTech, which has developed a biological fermentation process that transforms industrial waste gases and residues into fuels and chemicals.

Pressed by Europe’s economic crisis, EU leaders at a recent summit called for “affordable and sustainable energy” to underpin the EU’s “competitiveness, jobs and growth”. Many see this as wishful thinking, and argue for a relaxation of the club’s ambitious 2020 energy and emissions reduction targets.

See full Article: http://www.euractiv.com/energy/time-europe-embrace-new-affordab-analysis-528120