In Europe, granting permits for the development of wind energy “has always been a bottleneck”, but 2023 saw an improvement with more permits granted, announced WindEurope, the European association promoting wind energy, in a press release dated Thursday 8 February.
This progress is attributed to new EU rules on renewable energy permitting: the Emergency Permitting Regulation, followed by new rules approved as part of the revised Renewable Energy Directive (see EUROPE B13296A32), but...