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ENERGY STORAGE PUSH: Four groups have written to EU institutions urging policymakers to lend political support for energy storage, alongside renewable energy.
War’s impact: “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed Europe’s fossil energy dependence,” wrote representatives of Breakthrough Energy, the European Association for Storage of Energy, SolarPower Europe and WindEurope. “We welcome the European Commission’s strategy to phase out Russian fossil fuel dependence through the REPowerEU plan.”
“What is urgently needed now,” the groups said, “is the…