Europe's Renewable Energy Plans

Seeking to reduce its dependence on oil from the Middle East and Russia, the European Union is taking bold steps in harnessing renewable energy sources.

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October 18, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In a post-fossil-fuel era [European] homes would generate the power they need from renewable sources like the wind and the sun, store it in hydrogen fuel cells and harness it as needed, replacing all the polluting energy sources in use today...[The]European Union [has] set a goal of obtaining 22 percent of its electricity and 12 percent of all energy from renewable sources by 2010... Economics and geopolitics are behind the move as much as environmental concerns. Europe depends much more heavily on imported energy than the United States does: around 70 percent of its oil and gas comes from abroad, mainly the Middle East and Russia."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Europe Pushes for Renewable Energy

Monday, October 3, 2005 in The New York Times

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