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Assessment of energy efficiency objectives in the European Union

Type of publication
Straipsnis mokslo, meno, kultūros, profesiniame leidinyje / Article in science, art, culture, professional publication (S7)
Author(s)
AuthorAffiliation
Molis, Arūnas 
Energetinio saugumo centras
Title
Assessment of energy efficiency objectives in the European Union
[en]
Is part of
Energy security highlights. Vilnius : Energy security center, Vol. 6 (15), 2012
Date Issued
Date
2012
Publisher
Vilnius : Energy security center
Extent
p. 10-13
URI
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/47576
Field of Science
Keywords (en)
Abstract (en)

The 2010 Europe 2020 EU climate change strategy identifies a number of key objectives related to climate change and energy: that the amount of greenhouse gas emissions should be decreased by 20% by 2020 as compared to 1990 levels; that 20% of energy should be produced from renewable sources and that efficiency of energy consumption should be increased by 20%. In reality, however, European Parliament negotiations – which ended on 13 June 2012 and which consolidated the goals of this mandatory directive – only agreed on the objective of achieving a 17% increase in energy efficiency by 2020. The good news is that some of the biggest comsumers of energy – the armies of EU Member States – are required to support the implementation of these tasks and strive to meet these targets, despite them being less ambitious than initial goals.

Type of document
type::text::journal::journal article::research article
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Coverage Spatial
Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)
ISSN (of the container)
2335-2264
Other Identifier(s)
VDU02-000013103