The EU is like Netflix but for energy projects. They always have allocate massive budget portions for such projects, especially for renewable ones. - Wind power - more wind turbines will be shut down than new built in Germany in 2021. They don't store energy, people living near wind parks hate them, and the government need to buy up power from the wind energy companies. - Biodiesel/ethanol fuel production - can't be made profitable without heavy state subventions, takes land that's used for food agriculture, in tropical states responsible for biohabitat loss. - Small hydro projects - probably one of the worst green energy initiatives, they destroy often all life in small rivers and creeks. - Solar energy - low efficiency, takes up land for farming, recycling issues. - Hydrogen power - we'll probably see excess wind power being used for hydrogen production, but still not really a viable alternative compared to lithium batteries. The EU can't make it cheaply, they're kind of relying on gigantic solar farms in Africa to make it in large quantities.

Good thing they're keeping on shutting down of coal power plants.