Meeting in Brussels on Monday 19 December, the energy ministers of the European Union Member States reached a political agreement (‘general approach’) on the proposed directive to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy in the EU and to raise the renewable energy target.
Based on a draft compromise prepared by the Czech Presidency of the EU Council (see EUROPE B13080A34), Member States agreed to increase the EU’s target for the share of renewable energy in the energy mix to 40%...