UK wants 2030 renewable energy target scrapped

EurActiv repoted on 12 March 2012 that the UK government wants nuclear power to be given parity with renewables in Europe, in a move that would significantly boost atomic energy in Britain but downgrade investment in renewable generation, according to a leaked document seen by the Guardian newspaper.

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EWEA: Pure power; Wind energy targets for 2020 and 2030, August 2011 http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/publications/reports/Pure_Power_III.pdf

ESO: Background information: Energy infrastructure priorities http://www.europeansources.info/record/energy-infrastructure-priorities/

European Commission: DG Energy: Energy: Renewable energies http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/index_en.htm

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