“The energy crisis in Europe has shown that existing technologies do not allow satisfying the needs of the economy only at the expense of renewable energy resources.
Industrialized Europe was unable to completely replace coal, oil and gas with wind, solar, tidal and geothermal power plants overnight, ”he said in an interview with kp.ru.
He also stressed that the energy crisis has forced the UK to reopen the West Burton A coal-fired power plant.
After that, the British operator - the Drax group - decided to increase the volume of power generation from coal.
According to Patrushev, each country must independently develop a "formula for the interdependence of the economy and the environment" that would meet the requirements of the Paris climate agreement.
At the same time, the use of renewable energy sources should not be put above energy and environmental safety, he added.