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ENERGY TRANSITION Climate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to our planet. The only way to overcome this challenge is through a modern, efficient, and competitive economy without greenhouse emissions and with economic growth decoupled from the consumption of resources. Europe’s ambition to become the first climate neutral continent in the world, will accelerate the pace of change in all sectors of the European economy, bringing the energy sector to the spotlight. The production and use of energy account for more than 75% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. Decarbonising the energy system is critical to the EU’s strategy of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The European green deal, as sustainable recovery mechanism from the COVID 19 pandemic, paves the road to the clean energy transition by focusing on the
