Brussels launches sustainable energy campaign

European energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs launched on Monday (14 July) a campaign to raise EU citizens’ awareness of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources

The €3.7 million campaign aims at making “people understand how the choices they make influence EU energy policy”, the commissioner said.

The EU has already committed itself to increase the use of renewable energy to 12 percent of total usage by 2010 and reduce consumption by one-fifth by 2020.

The EU buys half of its oil and natural gas from abroad and the tendency is to rise to 90 percent by 2030, according to International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts.

EU Observer