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44bn: What’s driving investments in Scotland and Lille (Source: United Nations Environment Programme, 2016) Investments made in renewable energy plants stay in Europe and help the European economy. In 2015, 17% of global investments in renewable energy plants were in the EU. This is more than double the investments...
1.2 million renewable energy jobs in Europe (Source: European Energy & Climate Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete, 24 October 2016) Renewable energy projects create more jobs during installation and operation than conventional plants. Over 1.2 million jobs have already been created in Europe by the renewable energy industry and...
67% of natural gas used in the EU is imported – Renewable heating and cooling can reliably replace the use of imported gas in buildings (Source: Eurostat, June 2016) The EU imports a significant amount of gas from Russia. This dependence on Russia is particularly acute...