Finnish govt finalizes energy strategy

The Finnish government finalized Thursday the working-out of an energy and climate strategy in which it promises to invest in the fields of renewable energy sources, energy conservation, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The target set in the strategy is that the total consumption of renewable energy would increase by at least one quarter by 2015, and by at least 40 per cent by the year 2025. Renewable energy could then account for nearly one third of primary energy consumption, as against 23 per cent in 2003.

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