Press Release: Renewable energy: European Commission proposes ambitious biomass and biofuels action plan and calls on Member States to do more for green electricity

The European Commission on 7 December 2005 adopted a detailed action plan designed to increase the use of energy from forestry, agriculture and waste materials. The Plan outlined measures in three sectors: heating, electricity and transport. In parallel, the European Commission adopted a report on the different support schemes of electricity from renewable energy sources which concluded that governments needed to step up efforts to co-operate among themselves and optimise their support schemes as well as to remove administrative and grid barriers for green electricity.

European Commission: COM (2005) 627 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2005/com2005_0627en01.pdf

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