European energy groups push EU for tougher climate change goals
Some of Europe’s largest energy companies have accused the EU of lacking ambition in the fight against climate change and urged more aggressive targets for growth in renewable power.
A proposed target for renewables to meet 27 per cent of EU energy consumption by 2030, up from 16.7 per cent in 2015, “lacks ambition and would slow down the current rate of renewables deployment” in Europe, the companies said, according to FT.
The statement, by companies also including EnBW of Germany, EDP of Portugal and Orsted, the Danish group previously known as Dong Energy, called for an EU-wide binding target for 35 per cent renewable energy by 2030.
Such a target was needed, the companies said, to “restore the EU’s global leadership” in green energy and to preserve efficiency gains, which had made renewables “the most competitive option for new power generation in Europe”.
