German Chancellor Angela Merkel encouraged Spain and Portugal to invest more in solar energy and said they need a better link to France amid a push for a unified European power grid.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe connection between France and the Iberian peninsula is a huge problem,\u201d Merkel said Saturday in her weekly podcast. \u201cThese are, for example, two countries in which solar power naturally could be expanded.\u201d<\/p>\n
Merkel\u2019s government has promoted wind and solar energy as the country prepares for the closure of its last nuclear power stations in 2022,\u00a0transforming\u00a0the country\u2019s power markets. Green output met 29 percent of Germany\u2019s electricity demand last year, about the same as in 2015, but far exceeding the 11 percent level of a decade earlier.<\/p>\n
The European Union is aiming to break down national\u00a0barriers\u00a0for power, which could make supplies more secure and lower costs thanks to more trade across national borders.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
German Chancellor Angela Merkel encouraged Spain and Portugal to invest more in solar energy and said they need a better link to France amid a push for a unified European power grid. \u201cThe connection between France and the Iberian peninsula is a huge problem,\u201d Merkel said Saturday in her weekly podcast. \u201cThese are, for example, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sem-categoria"],"yoast_head":"\n