Energy Efficiency

Top official: 'EU unlikely to meet energy-efficiency goals'

Is the EU currently on track to deliver on its objective of reducing energy consumption by 20% by 2020?

Well, the 20% target was first agreed by heads of government in 2007 and subsequently confirmed in the early part of this year as part of the 2020 strategy. It is a challenging target, not least because it means we have to ‘decouple’ economic growth from increasing consumption of energy.

We have agreed a base for our calculations with member states. We have a very clearly identified target in terms of energy savings - the equivalent of 370 million tonnes of oil between now and 2020. This can be measured in terms of the primary energy consumption of each member state in 2020.

Having said that, our calculations (using models of course), indicate that we are unlikely to achieve a 20% reduction on the current set of policies.

What are the major obstacles? (read the whole interview)

News published on: 2010-12-28 09:03:52Source: EurActiv.com, 23 December 2010

Top official: 'EU unlikely to meet energy-efficiency goals'

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