Europe ’retired’ coal for renewables and now it ’badly’ needs gas

Europe is “badly“ in need of gas supply as most of its nations have retired too much of their baseload generation for renewable energy, Sky News host Chris Kenny says. Mr Kenny acknowledged the impact the Eastern conflict is having on the supply chain. “There’s no doubt the Ukraine war and the impact on Russian gas supplies and prices is a factor that is exacerbating Europe’s pain,“ he said. “But in the main, the problem is that most European nations have retired too much baseload generation, mainly coal of course, and they’ve pushed too hard on boosting renewable energy. “It can’t do the job, and simply never will unless there is an unthinkable breakthrough in effective and efficient electricity storage.“