The EU target is to obtain 20% of energy in gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources by 2020 and at least 27% by 2030.

In Cyprus the share of energy from renewable sources, expressed in percentage of gross final energy consumption was 9.3% in 2016 down from 9.4% in 2015 while the national target for 2020 is set at 13%. The same rate was 8.1% in 2013, and 8.9% in 2014, and only 3.1% in 2004.

Each EU Member State has its own Europe 2020 target. The national targets take into account the member states’ different starting points, renewable energy potential and economic performance. Among the 28 EU Member States, 11 have already reached the level required to meet their national 2020 targets: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, Finland and Sweden. Austria is less than 1 percentage point (pp) away from its 2020 target.

At the opposite end of the scale, the Netherlands (8.0 pp from its 2020 objective), France (7.0 pp), Ireland (6.5 pp), the United Kingdom (5.7 pp) and Luxembourg (5.6 pp) are the furthest away from their targets.

Source: Cyprus Mail