With the Commission preparing legislative proposals to increase the share of renewables in the EU's energy mix, and growth in renewable energies such as solar power likely to continue, Oliver Schäfer is confident that the EU will honour the renewable energy commitments made by their heads of state in March (EurActiv 16/03/07).
"I believe that the heads of state meant their commitments seriously. And I assume that we take our heads of state seriously," Schäfer said.
Concerning the specifics, Schäfer expects from the Commission "a directive Proposal that contains a breakdown of the 20% target into national targets. One option for doing that could be to share the target equally among the member states. Increasing the renewables share from 7% to 20% means an increase of 13 percentage points."
A general 13% increase in renewables for every member state is an option that is being seriously considered by the Commission, and Schäfer argues that "there is no scientific evidence that this would not be feasible".
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