Renewable energy “unlikely” to meet 2020 target

The UK’s renewable energy sector will not meet its 2020 targets it has been claimed. All member states of the EU have an obligation to increase their proportion of energy consumption from renewables to 20% by 2020. But it’s not only the UK, around fourteen EU member states are thought to be at risk of […]

EU ‘likely to surpass 2020 emissions target’

The European Union saw greenhouse gas emissions fall by nearly 2% last year, putting the EU “well on track” to reaching its 2020 target. Emissions dropped by 1.8% compared to 2012 and reached the lowest levels since 1990, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said. The EU has set a goal to reduce emissions of CO2 […]