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EU rollback of EV targets could require 150 new power plants
Original: 150 new power plants: the cost of balancing the grid if the EU slashes EV targets
A new analysis by the green group Transport & Environment warns that if the European Union weakens its electric vehicle targets, the bloc would need the equivalent of 150 new power plants to balance the electricity grid. The argument is that widespread EVs, charging at flexible times, help stabilise a grid increasingly reliant on renewables, and abandoning those targets would drive up energy costs.
Why now: The EU is under pressure to revisit its climate and vehicle electrification rules, and the report reframes the debate as an energy-cost issue.
European UnionTransport & Environmentelectric vehicles
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- 150 new power plants: the cost of balancing the grid if the EU slashes EV targets · transportenvironment.org
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