| Report | 14 May 2012 |
Is Europe giving up on energy efficiency?
By Sonja van Renssen
Virtually everybody agrees that energy efficiency is the number one energy priority for Europe, that it can provide growth, jobs, energy security and environmental benefits, and that it needs intervention by policymakers to really get going. So why is it so difficult for Brussels to agree on a legislative framework to drive energy efficiency? The EU's 27 member states and the European Parliament are further apart than ever in negotiations on a new EU energy efficiency law. The major measure on which a deal is likely to centre is a requirement for energy retailers to deliver 1.5% energy savings per year from their customers. Sonja van Renssen reports from Brussels.
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