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EU Member States need more ambition to reach joint target on renewable energy

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News Published 18 Dec 2018 Last modified 08 Mar 2019

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Photo: © Tim Laws, WaterPIX /EEA

The share of renewable energy sources in the European Union’s (EU) energy use has doubled since 2005 but this growth has been slowing down in recent years, especially due to increasing energy consumption and lack of progress in the transport sector. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new report shows that EU Member States need to step up their efforts to reach the 2020 target on renewable energy.