Brussels, 19/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, nearly four months behind schedule, the Commission adopted its Action Plan for Energy Efficiency setting out 75 ways to increase energy efficiency in the Union. By implementing the recommendations of the Green Paper 2004 on energy efficiency, it aims to exploit the economic potential of energy at a Community scale so that 20% of the EU's total energy consumption will be saved by 2020. Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs explained to the...