Sunday, 26 May 2013

Coalition to reject EU renewable energy targets

Judith Gap Wind Farm

The British government is preparing to oppose attempts to update the EU's renewable energy target, calling it "inflexible and unnecessary", and opting instead to pledge deep emissions cuts


The climate and energy secretary, Ed Davey, is expected to announce on 27 May: "There are a variety of options to decarbonise any country's economy. In the UK, our approach is technology neutral and our reforms will rely on the market and competition to determine the low carbon electricity mix. We will therefore oppose a renewable energy target at an EU level as inflexible and unnecessary."


By: Duncan Geere,


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/26/renewable-targets

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