The President of BusinessEurope, Fredrik Persson, warned this Thursday at the Forum Europa in Brussels that Europe cannot do without any energy source, including nuclear production.
This was stated by the head of the European employers' association at this event organised by the New Economy Forum in the capital of the EU, where he pointed out that energy policy is one of the keys for the continent to improve its competitiveness.
In this regard, he warned that the cost of electricity in Europe is three times higher than in the United States, while the cost of natural gas is four or five times higher.
For this reason, he stated that “we cannot choose a specific energy source” and added that “we need all of them and in a massive way”.
Along these lines, he argued that “we cannot decide what type of energy we produce and we must see what is most effective in order to obtain more electricity with the development of all energies because we do not have enough”.
“Every kilowatt that comes in is welcome,” concluded Persson, who pointed out that the key to a better development of production plants in Europe is also to simplify the mechanisms for obtaining permits.
With this, according to his point of view, Europe will be able to massively increase the capacity of renewable and low-carbon energy, especially in lower-cost regions, and combine it with strong integration and coordination of the market at a European level.
In addition, he called for avoiding that industrial consumers suffer the increase in the cost of energy infrastructure.
