Methods of Promoting Electricity Generation from Renewable Energy Sources
Article from: OGEL 5 (2003), in In the Spotlight
Summary
The European Union has prepared a final draft of Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market.[1] This document represents the result of five years of discussions among EU countries, beginning with the debate on the Green Paper on Energy for the future: renewable sources of energy issued by the European Commission on 20 November 1996.[2] The Directive sets national indicative targets for the consumption of electricity from renewable energy sources in ...