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| EU targets hit UK energy strategy | EU targets hit UK energy strategy |
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| Britain's energy plans have been thrown into disarray by ambitious European Union targets, the BBC has learned. | Britain's energy plans have been thrown into disarray by ambitious European Union targets, the BBC has learned. |
| Ministers had intended to aim to produce 5% of Britain's electricity from renewable sources by 2020. | |
| But a recently-published EU strategy demands that 20% of all energy should come from such sources - four times more renewables than the UK intended. | But a recently-published EU strategy demands that 20% of all energy should come from such sources - four times more renewables than the UK intended. |
| BBC environment correspondent Roger Harrabin said a forthcoming white paper will cover over the policy gaps. | BBC environment correspondent Roger Harrabin said a forthcoming white paper will cover over the policy gaps. |
| Exact share | Exact share |
| The government will flesh out more detailed ideas when the legislation is proposed in the autumn, our correspondent said. | The government will flesh out more detailed ideas when the legislation is proposed in the autumn, our correspondent said. |
| The UK's exact share of the EU's energy obligation is still being debated. | The UK's exact share of the EU's energy obligation is still being debated. |
| Renewable energy sources include wind and solar power and it is hoped that promoting them will help cut greenhouse gases. | Renewable energy sources include wind and solar power and it is hoped that promoting them will help cut greenhouse gases. |
| Under the EU's strategy, these will have to meet 20% of all energy, including fuel for cars, heating, domestic aviation and industry. | Under the EU's strategy, these will have to meet 20% of all energy, including fuel for cars, heating, domestic aviation and industry. |