UK to Miss Renewable Energy Goals set by the European Union

Reports are now showing that the UK is going to be missing the renewable energy goals that were put in place by the European Union. The goal set for the UK was to get at least 15 percent of its energy supply from clean sources by the year 2020. However, new reports are showing that the UK is nowhere even close to this goal.

By the year 2010, the UK was supposed to hit a milestone of getting 10 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. Of course, this goal was missed. In fact, reports still show that the UK is a way off from even reaching this milestone that they were suppose to hit last year.

John Constable, who is the policy and research director for the REF, said that the failure to meet the 2010 target put the UK in bad shape to meet its other goals. Currently the European Union goal set for 2020 is simply impractical and unaffordable for the UK.

As of right now, the UK only generates about 6.5 percent of its power needs from renewable energy. This information was based on data that came from the Department of Energy and Climate Change and energy regulator Ofgem.

So the UK, which was at one point leading the way in renewable energy, now does not look like it’s going to be able to meet its goal. This is disappointing, not only to the energy industry, but to human rights groups everywhere. In fact, some experts say that it is heartbreaking for all of the people who have been breaking their backs to go green the last few years. It seems like their efforts are being wasted.