PROVISIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY DEAL’S 32% TARGET IS ACHIEVABLE, SAYS INDUSTRY
June 1st, 2018
A LANDMARK deal on the European Union’s (EU) renewable energy directive (RED), reached in the early hours of June 14 in Brussels between the European Commission, European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers (of member states), means the European power sector will have to become greener. Under the law, the industry will need to increase the amount of renewable energy in EU gross final energy consumption from a minimum 27% - the target adopted by the Commission in November 2016 - to 32% by 2030.
Welcomed by European electricity industry association ...
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