PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Renewable Energy: EU Law (30 June 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make a comparative assessment of progress in meeting targets under the EU Renewable Energy Directive by the UK and other EU member states.

Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)

The UK is continuing to make progress towards the EU Renewable Energy Directive target of 15% of final energy consumption from renewable sources. We are on track to meet the next interim target for 2013/14; provisional figures published on 25 June 2015 show 6.3% of final energy consumption came from renewable sources in 2013/14 against a target level of 5.4%. We will be reporting final figures at the end of the year.

Further information on the progress of the EU overall and individual Members States can be found on the Eurostat website:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/data/shares.

Answered by:
Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
6 July 2015