Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-24-Speech-1-087"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Road Map for renewable energy in Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070924.16.1-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-24-Speech-1-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, according to a forecast by the International Energy Agency, oil will become an extremely scarce natural resource in five years’ time. Natural gas will be even scarcer by the end of the decade. Today 80% of the EU’s energy is produced using fossil fuels, mainly oil and gas. That is why the Commission’s proposal for a directive on increasing the use of renewable energy resources is necessary. Renewables today account for a little over 6% of the energy consumed in the EU. Of that, biomass and the incineration of waste account for 4.2%, hydroelectric power for 1.5%, wind power for 0.3%, geothermal energy for 0.3%, and sunlight for hardly anything. The aim to raise the share of renewable energy resources to 20%, in other words triple it, by 2020 seems way too ambitious. On the other hand, the European Parliament had previously decided to ask for still more: 25% by 2020 and as much as 50% by 2040. The Commission’s proposal for 20% refers to an EU average. Only Latvia, Sweden, Finland and Austria exceed that target today, but these countries do not escape the directive: instead, higher targets are being set for them. The EU’s biggest countries bring up the rear, with the United Kingdom at 2%, Germany 4%, Poland 5% and France, Spain and Italy 6%. If the 20% target set in the directive is to be achieved it will depend on how willing and able the big Member States’ are to increase the use of renewable energy. It would be interesting to know how they will do it. If they simply pay lip service to the directive, the Commission will have no way of forcing them into it. They may, however, be forced by circumstances outside the EU as a consequence of rising prices for oil and gas and as a result of our disposable lifestyle."@en1

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