How to meet the EU’s 2020 renewables target

The EU countries have promised to get 20 per cent of their energy from renewables by 2020. The EU can meet this target but only if governments take action now to boost investment in the full range of renewable energies. They should concentrate as much on biomass and renewable gas as renewable electricity. As important is expanding the infrastructure needed to link renewable sources of energy with consumers. The EU needs to facilitate the rapid expansion of electricity grids, including the construction of an offshore grid spanning the North Sea and the building of a grid linking Southern Europe with North Africa.