European Union Must Leave Coal Behind

European Union must leave Coal behind to meet Paris agreement, says World Energy Council.

http://cleantechnica.com/2016/10/14...mpaign=Feed: IM-cleantechnica (CleanTechnica)

“In order to reach Europe’s climate targets, there is no other way than phasing out coal as a source of energy,” said Patrick Graichen, Executive Director, Agora Energiewende in Germany. “Two-thirds of coal-fired plants will have to be shut down by 2030. We also need a much more flexible power system if we introduce more wind and solar. We need fossil fuels to be flexible to match volatile wind and solar, which depend on meteorological conditions.”


“There needs to be a clear vision of where the market is going,” added Fintan Slye, Chief Executive, EirGrid, Republic of Ireland. “We need to think about what type of capacity we want. We need capacity and flexibility. When you get high levels of renewables on a large scale and an integrated European system, the potential for faults is higher. It needs to be a very flexible system.”

I believe this is where Carnegie's consistent 24 hr Wave Energy resource can play a critical roll in stabilising the high levels of intermittent Solar & Wind that are currently in place and that are planned for future power grids. Getting to the "Wave Energy" start line with a well researched/planned & developed commercial product such as CETO 6 is paramount and is now coming to fruition due to the hard yards that MO & the Carnegie team have put in place.