Germany is on course to achieve its binding European Union (EU) renewable energy target for 2020, according to latest statistics from the country’s federal environment agency. The share of renewable energy in Germany's total gross final energy consumption increased from 16.5% in 2018 to 17.1% last...
The share of renewables in the total energy mix of the European Union (EU) grew by just 0.5% in 2018, prompting lobbying group WindEurope to give a ‘stark warning’ on the prospect of the bloc missing its renewable energy targets. latest figures published by Eurostat showed...
Spain is hopeful that its ambitious new plan to draw 100% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2050 will be approved by parliament, as delegates convene at the COP24 climate change conference in Poland this week. The new plan, called the Climate Change and Energy...
Members of the European Union (EU) have agreed ‘ambitious’ targets to raise the level of renewable energy within the bloc’s total energy mix. The agreement sets two binding targets for 2030: Sources of renewable energy will contribute 32% to the EU’s overall energy mix, and represent...