EU aims to boost renewable energy use to 20%
Saturday, March 10th, 2007European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was working out the final details Friday of a statement setting a binding target of a 20 per cent share of renewable sources in European Union energy consumption by 2020.
The final draft statement, to be endorsed at a summit of EU leaders, promised energy solidarity between EU nations in the event of a supply crisis, as demanded by Poland, and notes that nuclear energy meets the growing concerns about safety of supply — a phrase crucial for the Czechs and Slovaks, who had been holding out on approval of the target.
