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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10991

8 January 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 24
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) energy
Renewables accounted for 14.4% of 2012 energy consumption

Brussels, 07/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - From 7.9% in 2004 to 9.6% in 2008 and 13.1% in 2011, the proportion of green energies in the EU's primary energy mix is progressing towards attaining the 20% target in 2020.

According to initial estimates for 2012 and published by the EurObserv'ER consortium, renewable energies (solar, wind, hydraulic, geothermal and biomass) in the EU's final energy consumption reached 14.4% in 2012 compared to the 2011 figure of 13.1%, which means that it increased...