| Series Title | European Voice |
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| Series Details | Vol.9, No.32, 2.10.03, p29 |
| Publication Date | 02/10/2003 |
| Content Type | News |
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Date: 02/10/03 MEMBER states will fail to hit their target of generating 22% of their electricity from renewable sources, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) warns in a report today. The organization fears that the EU will achieve no more than 17% by the target date of 2010. “The main culprits for this embarrassing failure are likely to be Italy, the UK, Greece and France,” the WWF said. EU renewable energy leaders Germany and Spain, meanwhile, are close to meeting their targets. But Denmark and Ireland may exceed their targets, as the only two member states to get 'smileys' in a 'name and shame' chart that gives all of their counterparts 'frownies'. The report evaluates progress made in implementing a 2001 renewables directive, the first of its kind designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Although some member states have adopted national targets, the report suggests they be made legally binding and not “indicative”, which WWF claims is too often interpreted as “voluntary”. In the report, WWF also urges the EU to develop a legally binding framework with a higher renewable energy target of 25% of all energy - not just electricity - by 2020. It also demands priority access to energy grids for renewable power and less bureaucracy for small renewable electricity producers. WWF's Stephan Singer said: “It is hard to understand why governments keep on being fooled by the coal and nuclear industries.” The 15 European Union Member States are unlikely to hit their target (set under the Kyoto Protocol) of generating 22 per cent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2010 according to a report published by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) on 2 October 2003. |
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