UK may miss its 2020 renewable energy target

The British Energy and Climate Change Committee in its report predicts that the UK will miss its renewable energy goals for 2020. UK’s renewable energy action plan aimed to generate 30% of electricity, 12% of heating energy and 10% of transport fuels from renewable sources, by 2020. Currently, the electricity target is the only target that seems likely to be met (or even exceeded). Whereas, the UK produced only 5.64% of heat and 4.23% of transport fuels from renewable sources in 2015. The report concludes that “On its current course, the UK will fail to achieve its 2020 renewable energy targets. This would be an unacceptable outcome given the UK’s reputation for climate-change leadership”.