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European Renewable Energy Lobby Liquidated (European Voice)

The dissolution of EREC after a decade in existence comes as the Commission has proposed to scrap renewable energy targets after 2020.

The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), the main lobby group for renewable energy in the European Union, has gone into voluntary liquidation. This development will leave the sector without a main coordinator for lobbying at a time when the European Commission has proposed to scrap nationally binding renewable energy targets after 2020.

EREC co-ordinated the lobbying efforts of all different renewable energy technologies, including solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydropower. Without the co-ordination group, the different technologies may find themselves competing with each other for policy developments and funding.

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