ENERGY MINISTERS REQUIRE MORE ‘FLEXIBILITY’ WITH EFFICIENCY TARGETS
November 1st, 2011
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
EUROPEAN energy ministers meeting in Brussels have declared they were less than satisfied with rigid efficiency targets contained within the European Commission's proposed energy efficiency directive.
Poland, which currently holds the EU presidency, presented a progress report at the meeting of the EU Council of Ministers (Nov 27) for energy on the work done over the past several months on a draft directive concerning energy efficiency.
While delegations supported the aim of the proposal, they also argued that there is a need for greater ...
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