Europe On Track To Hit Renewable Energy Target But Uk Lags Behind

A new report suggests that the UK needs to do further to movement investment in solar photovoltaic panels and other sources of sustainable power generation if it is to be selected for its renewable energy targets.

The self-sufficient EurObservER Barometer report publicized that, agilely the EU as a pure, renewable energys component of vulgar pure energy use up in 2011 reached 13.4 per cent, up from 12.5 per cent a court backside.

In spare, renewable energys component of compute electricity use up agilely rose from 19.8 per cent in 2010 to 20.6 per cent a court then, businessgreen.com news broadcast.

As such, the EU is lengthily on track to finish its level of legally-binding inspiration of generating 20 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, designed the report.

Even so, it next publicized that the UK thoroughly lags later than other members of the EU having the status of it comes to renewable energy production.

As of 2011, the percentage of the UKs energy use up that came from renewable source stood at trade fair 3.8 per cent, decoration up from 3.3 per cent in 2010.

This puts it genuine later than the EU medium and at once of trade fair Malta and Luxembourg in a immovable of the 27 adherent states.

It next means the UK is later than sign on in council its mandated level of 15 per cent renewable energy by 2020, the report claimed.

But anyhow the upshot, a Break of Spirit and Live through Amend presenter told businessgreen.com that the UK was "on track" to be selected for its EU level.

"The Spirit Examination - and up to date decisions on the Renewables Should - motion move firm investment in renewable energy, as divide into four parts of a reckon, low carbon and inexpensive energy mix," he further.

Even so, a report uninhibited rearmost week optional that the UK is at most minuscule making strides in getting bigger energy production via PV solar panels.

Compiled by electrical topic company Rexel and IMS Scrutinize, the report shows that the UK generated smaller amount than 1GW of energy from PV solar panels as of 2011, but this is due to perfectly to 8GW over the yet to come three energy - a earlier rate of nodule than in convinced other European solar hotspots, with France, Spain, Italy and Belgium.