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Europe's Energy Future Changed Today

Brussels (ots/PRNewswire)

For the European Wind Energy
Association (EWEA), the Renewable Energy Directive, agreed today,
confirms Europe as the leader of the energy revolution the world
needs. The target means that more than one third of EU electricity
must come from renewables in 2020 and wind energy will be the biggest
contributor. Moreover, the directive addresses existing barriers that
prevent Europe from fully exploiting its largest domestic energy
resource.
"Today tomorrow changed. The European Parliament and the Council
have agreed the world's most important energy law" stated Christian
Kjaer, EWEA Chief Executive. "Europe has turned away from
transferring ever larger amounts of European citizens' wealth to a
handful of fuel-exporting nations, opting instead to put the money to
work at home and exploit our abundant domestic renewable energy
resources."
For the first time, each Member State has a legally binding
renewables target for 2020 along with a clear trajectory to follow.
By June 2010 the Member States will draw up National Action Plans
detailing the ways in which they are to meet their 2020 targets,
which will then be submitted to the Commission for assessment. They
will report on how they are doing every two years. These measures
will lead to real progress in the 27 countries.
"The grid and administrative barriers whose shadows loom long
over wind energy project developers will finally be tackled
throughout Europe thanks to the directive. Furthermore, Member States
will be able to work together to meet their targets under stable
market conditions, which will give investments in the wind energy
sector a boost. One can only hope that the EU governments show the
same degree of cohesion, commitment and clarity during the global
climate negotiations in Poznan over the coming days," said Kjaer.
The directive means that more than one-third of the EU's
electricity will come from renewable energy in 2020 - up from 15% in
2005. By 2020, wind energy is expected to have overtaken hydropower
as the EU's largest source of renewable electricity.
Today, Europe responded to the global energy and climate crisis
by adopting a strategy to further develop, deploy and export
renewable energy technology to a carbon- and fuel-constrained world.
The decision will also help the EU face the current economic turmoil,
as wind energy provides jobs, reduce electricity costs, energy
independence, imports and fuel price risks. It is a truly historic
day.
Agreement between the European Parliament and the 27 EU Member
States was reached this morning following a meeting of Energy
Ministers yesterday.
For a more detailed reaction and commentary on different sections
of the Renewable Energy Directive, see EWEA's special briefing page.
(http://www.ewea.org/index.php?id=1581)
Note to editors: the table below gives an indication of the
probably share of renewable electricity coming from different
renewable energy sources in 2020.
    Renewables' contribution to EU electricity consumption up to 2020
    Type of energy      2005        2006           2010          2020
                      Eurostat    Eurostat     Projections     Targets
                        TWh         TWh            TWh           TWh
    Wind                70.5         82            176           477 (34.8%)
    Hydro              346.9      357.2            360           384   (28%)
    Photovoltaic         1.5        2.5             20           180 (13.1%)
    Biomass               80       89.9            135           250 (18.3%)
    Geothermal           5.4        5.6             10            31  (2.3%)
    Solar thermal
    elect                  -          -              2            43  (3.1%)
    Ocean                  -          -              1             5  (0.4%)
    Total RES          504.3      537.2            704          1370
    Total Gross
    Electricity
    Generation
    EU-27             3320.4     3361.5
    (Trends to
    2030-baseline)                                3568          4078
    (Combined RES
    and EE)                                                     3391
    Share of RES       15.20%     16.00%         19.70%       33.6-40.4%
    European Renewable Energy Council: European Renewable Technology Roadmap
    2008
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