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Some countries are therefore leaders in speeding up permit
procedures. This is thanks to innovative solutions that call on a
variety of resources, whether financial, technological or human.
However, in some countries, consuming renewable energy is
not (yet) an attractive option. This is the case in the United
States, for example, where consumption patterns remain mainly
dependent on fossil fuels. This can be explained by the fact that
most of those countries are fossil fuels producers, as well as a
great deal of competition on the fossil fuels market, particularly
from shale gas. For the USA, shale gas consumption increased
by 71% since 2009 to counter Canada’s energy dependence. For
countries in which shale gas consumption is important, such
as the USA, the shift from fossil sources to low-carbon is not
the most economical option because the investment cost of
changing consumption patterns of shale gas would be difficult
to recoup.
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Government efforts focused on
reducing the duration of permitting
and legal proceedings, particularly in
the EU
the provisions of RED II, which set the time limit for granting
permits at one year, by deciding that extensions to this time limit
would be subject to force majeure. These development policies
have made Sweden one of Europe's leading green electricity
producers (60.1%) along with Germany, Spain and Portugal.
Shorter administrative procedures within the EU
Some projects are being slowed down because they are being
challenged in the courts. For example, France has reduced
the number of possible appeals against environmental
authorizations for onshore wind projects to two years since
2018. Some projects, such as cross-border grid developments,
are considered to be of national importance. For example, in
Latvia, these projects are given priority, and their assessment
is accelerated.
The European Union's objective was to rapidly reduce its
dependence on natural gas as a result of the war in Ukraine,
and to achieve the targets set for 2030 by the Paris Agreements
and the Green Deal.
Following the revision of the RED II Directive in 2023, which
required member states to shorten administrative authorization
procedures, the European Commission published a report on
progress in 2024. The report shows that Sweden had shortened
the time taken to develop the networks by ensuring that the
works were carried out in parallel. It had also tightened up
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