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EU Calls for Binding Energy
Efficiency Targets
European Union nations would
have to set themselves binding national
energy efficiency targets, and save
energy by specific means such as renovating public buildings, under a draft EU
directive approved Feb. 28 by the Energy
Committee. This directive would not
only save energy but also reduce carbon
dioxide emissions – and hence demand
for emission allowances under the EU’s
emissions trading scheme.
The EU has set itself the task of
achieving 20 percent primary energy
savings in 2020 (currently a nonbinding
target), but the European Commission
estimates that if no measures are taken,
the EU will only achieve half of that
by 2020. The European Parliament
called for a binding target in a resolu-
tion passed in December 2010. Energy
Committee members have now called
for binding national targets – not includ-
ed in the Commission’s initial proposal –
to be based on specific reference values
for each EU country. Achieving these
targets will contribute to the EU’s overall
20 percent energy savings target.
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