Published: May 6th, 2022,
Last updated: February 15th, 2023
Several EU countries are calling for mandatory solar roofs on certain buildings in the EU in order to become independent of Russian energy more quickly. In a letter to the EU Commission on Thursday, several energy ministers inside proposed a solar law within the REPowerEU plan. „Every photovoltaic plant immediately and directly reduces our energy dependence on Russia,“ they wrote. At the same time, there would be less exposure to high electricity prices, and climate-damaging greenhouse gases would be reduced.