European Union countries will try again next week to pass a deal on new renewable energy targets, which have been stalled by concerns from France and other states that the law sidelines nuclear energy.
to the EU's law on more ambitious renewable energy goals last month, putting on hold a main pillar of the bloc's plans to tackle climate change.
Paris has sought changes to the law to offer more favourable treatment of nuclear energy, and said the final deal puts at a disadvantage countries like France with large shares of nuclear power. Nuclear energy is low-carbon, but not renewable.The deal Paris had said the rules still excluded low-carbon hydrogen produced from nuclear electricity. In its hunt for a deal, the EU has considered options such as providing a declaration, accompanying the final law, that acknowledges the challenge this poses for some countries, diplomatic sources said.
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