Climate Changed
Macron Says Increased Power Links With Spain Can Lower Emissions
- New gas pipeline link between Spain and France to be studied
- French leader met with Spanish, Portuguese premiers in Lisbon
Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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French President Emmanuel Macron said increased power links with Spain can be part of a bigger plan for reducing carbon emissions in energy generation.
“The issue of energy interconnections needs to be seen within a broader strategy of sovereignty and the much broader energy transition,” Macron said in Lisbon on Friday evening. He reiterated that France plans to close coal plants by 2022.