Brussels Briefing: Solar industry warns protectionism could hamper energy transition

The EU is in danger of slowing the move to net zero if it follows the position agreed by the European parliament to ban non-EU companies from auctions, says SolarPower Europe. The parliament also agreed carbon farming rules, a position on consumers’ ‘right to repair’, and EU demands for COP28

Local content pre-qualification criteria for clean energy technologies agreed by the European parliament in a vote on the planned EU Net Zero Industrial Act suggests policymakers are yet to understand what makes a proper industrial policy, says Dries Acke, policy director at industry body SolarPower Europe.