EU MINISTERS SIGNAL CAUTION OVER EU ENERGY CONSERVATION PLAN
November 1st, 2006
BY ALAN OSBORN
ENERGY ministers of the 25 European Union (EU) countries have agreed to consider a number of questions relating to the European Commission's recently-published energy efficiency and renewables policy, suggesting that a good deal of work will be needed to put the policy into effect. At France's suggestion the ministers, meeting in Brussels on November 23, agreed to "bear in mind that each member state has the right to decide on its own energy mix" and that "the development of renewables has consequences in terms of generation, ...
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