Mr Jansson said he believes that the EU action on climate is the most visionary major policy document ever produced in the renewable energy field which will hopefully be followed by other nations and regions outside the EU.
The EU’s 2030 framework for climate and energy policies was proposed by the Commission in 2014 and is based on the experiences and lessons learnt from the 2020 climate and energy framework. The EU is also proposing to form an Energy Union in order to strengthen its commitment to secure affordable and sustainable energy. EU leaders met on March 19th this year to discuss the initial steps of the project.
A central objective for the 2030 framework is the reduction of EU domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent below the 1990 level by 2030. The framework points out that renewable energy will have to play a key role in transition in order for this to be possible. Therefore, the Commission has proposed an objective of increasing the share of renewable energy to at least 27 per cent of the EU's energy consumption by 2030.
“I support and applaud both the Energy Union and the ambition to increase the renewable energy portion of the EU’s energy consumption to more than a quarter, an ambition that also was underlined on the meeting of March 19th” said Mr Jansson.
The initiative also claims that the ambition to invest in green technologies that cut emissions will also boost the economy, create jobs and strengthen Europe's competitiveness and create a Europe that is a highly energy-efficient, low carbon economy.
Minesto is the developer of Deep Green, a marine energy power plant that is currently undergoing trials in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
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