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Is Europe on Track with its 2020 Renewable Energy Target?

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  • Manfred Hafner

    (Associate Researcher, FEEM)

  • Simone Tagliapietra

    (Senior Researcher, FEEM)

Abstract

Over the last years EU energy policy has strongly focused on the development of renewable energy, also through the adoption of a dedicated 2020 target. But is the EU currently on track to meet this target? With this article, FEEM energy analysts Manfred Hafner and Simone Tagliapietra aim to provide a quick overview on the issue, looking at both the EU-wide and the national levels of analysis.

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  • Manfred Hafner & Simone Tagliapietra, 2015. "Is Europe on Track with its 2020 Renewable Energy Target?," Review of Environment, Energy and Economics - Re3, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:fem:femre3:2015.11-02
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    Keywords

    Renewable Energy; EU Energy Policy; 2020 Climate and Energy Package;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy

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