Brussels 10/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - On 19 May, the European Commission is expected to publish a Communication on renewable energy in the EU, making a quite negative assessment of the proportion of total energy supply in the EU coming from renewable sources. If the situation continues as at present, the EU will not be able to meet the target it set itself in 1997 of renewable energy supplying 12% of total energy in 2010.
In line with Directive 2001/77/EC, EU Member States must set national...