Europe actively develops and uses renewable energy

The report of the European Statistical Agency (Eurostat) announced on March 10, said the European Union (EU) has achieved a steady step towards the goal of 2020, renewable energy sources will accounting for 20% of total energy consumption of the whole continent.

In 2012, the rate of renewable energy in total energy consumption reached 14.1%, up from 13% of the previous year.

The EU leader in this area is Sweden, Latvia and Finland. While England and the Netherlands together with Luxembourg and Malta proved to be "lagging" , when the renewable energy ratio of the four countries was only 4.2%, 4.5%, 3.1% and in turn. 1.4% of total energy consumption.

When the consumption of renewable energy began to be set in 2004, the consumption of wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal and biomass (biomass) . only accounted for 8.3% across the EU. . Renewable energy was produced and consumed the most in 2004 and 2012 with the leading countries of Sweden, Denmark and Austria. In France, a great effort was also made when in the past 8 years, the country's renewable energy rate has increased from 9.3% to 13.4%.

The European Commission (EC) affirmed that the EU will achieve its overall goal that by 2020, the rate of renewable energy accounts for 20% of total energy consumption, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%. and saving 20% ​​of energy consumption as efforts to help prevent global warming.

Meanwhile, for its part, the EC aims to reduce emissions to 40% compared to 1990, in addition to increasing the rate of renewable energy utilization to 27% and saving 25% of energy consumption.