Patrick Pouyanné: “Europe is making a mistake in its energy policy”
The CEO of TotalEnergies warns of the need to develop non-gas and oil solutions before thinking about doing without them.
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The CEO of TotalEnergies warns of the need to develop non-gas and oil solutions before thinking about doing without them.
“Durability, safety, price.” For Patrick Pouyanné, these three data constitute the necessary tripod for the energy balance of a system. “When we are out of balance on one of the three pillars and we forget the other two, we have problems in Europe,” summarizes the boss, during a speech this Monday morning during a presentation on the global perspectives of the energy system. However, Europe wanted to get out of an energy system then largely dominated by fossils (gas and oil) without having built the next one, which is based on carbon-free electricity. “Europe is making a mistake in its energy policy,” according to Patrick Pouyanné who warns of the next risk faced by the 27. After the critical rise in fuel prices – driven by those of oil – looms that of gas, with also a risk on supplies in certain countries. The current crisis, which is a systemic crisis, “accelerates the feeling that the ultra…
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