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What is the significance of the increase from 49 percent renewable energy laid down in the EU directive, to the 50 percent specified in the new proposal?

April 26, 2017Directive EU increase laid renewable energy significance

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What is the significance of the increase from 49 percent renewable energy laid down in the EU directive, to the 50 percent specified in the new proposal?

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All other things being equal, the new percentage means that we must produce more than 4 TWh of additional renewable energy compared with the 49 percent Sweden agreed to consume by 2020. A reasonable assumption is that this energy will come from an increase in the production of wind power.