EU will need conventional energy sources for some time yet, says Industry Committee

On current trends, the EU will rely on imports to meet 65% of its energy needs by 2030. Yet gas and oil supplies are dogged by uncertainty due to geopolitical risks and growing demand elsewhere. The need to produce and use energy more safely, efficiently and sustainably across the Union is underlined in an own-initiative report on 'conventional energy sources' adopted by the European Parliament Industry Committee on 13 September 2007.