Continental or local? 100% renewable electricity supply in Europe can be both. But cost and especially required infrastructure differ.

Read our new @Joule_CP study: doi.org/10.1016/j.joul….

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HIGHLIGHTS BELOW👇 Larger is certainly cheaper: continental supply, which uses only the best resources all over Europe, leads to lowest cost. But it concentrates generation infrastructure (💨and☀️), requires a powerful transmission grid, and creates import dependencies.