Finland, which already gets 30 percent of its energy from renewable sources, has a new 2020 target to make that 38 percent. Sweden, which already gets 42 percent, now has a target of 50 percent by 2020.
National Renewable Energy Action Plans published at Renewable Energy Focus show that averaged across the EU, 34 percent of EU electricity demand could be supplied from renewable sources by 2020, with 14 percent coming from wind alone. Overall, most of the member states are on target to either meet or exceed the original 20 percent by 2020 targets.
For the more advanced countries in the EU, that already get a higher percentage of renewable energy, higher targets for renewable's are now being set. As each goal is being met earlier and easier, higher ones are being set in place.
For more: EU May Exceed Target of 20 Percent Renewable Energy by 2020 | Reuter
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