BRUSSELS — NATO is openly backing renewables and other non-fossil fuel sources of energy as key to the alliance’s security, even as its most powerful member actively undermines attempts to shift away from oil and gas.
A NATO-backed study released earlier this year advises the transatlantic military alliance to ramp up use of renewables as a more secure alternative to imported oil and gas — a position likely to deepen tensions with the United States.
The center that produced the study, the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, says its research does not speak for the alliance as a whole, but an official spokesperson for NATO confirmed the growing importance of clean energy sources.
“By diversifying the energy sources, and routes, on which our Alliance depends — including through use of alternative fuels — we not only boost our operational readiness and resilience but reduce dependencies, making us stronger for the future,” said the NATO official in comments to POLITICO.
