Parliamentarians from more than 20 European countries have called on the EU to develop a combined renewable energy and energy efficiency strategy (Reees). The declaration follows the latest biannual inter-parliamentary meeting on renewables and energy efficiency, held in Edinburgh. Central to the proposed strategy is stronger and more binding targets.
The MPs' ambitious long-term aim is for Europe to source all its
electricity from renewable sources by 2070.
Interim targets include 33% renewable electricity by 2020, by which
time renewables should provide 25% of all energy. In the immediate
future, the MPs want the EU to clearly assign at least €300m to
renewables and €200m to energy efficiency under its next research
programme. The agenda is more ambitious than one recently set out by the European parliament