Alternative Fuels Now

Based on a Discussion Webinar, Friday 29 February 2008

The EU’s Energy End-use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive came into force in April 2006. The directive prescribes that all Member States should present a series of National Action Plans of which the first one was due for June 2007. These 27 action plans produce for the first time a European panorama on the energy efficiency sector, as well as a full compendium of measures used or planned by member states.

What are the main ideas contained in the first series of action plans? Which countries lead and which are lagging behind? Do Member States have sufficient qualified people to implement the proposed measures? And, more generally, is there still enough savings potential left to reach the EU energy savings targets of 20% by 2020, or is the energy efficiency well “running dry”?

These and other questions were addressed on a Discussion Webinar on 29 February 2008. The following are a few of the major points arising from that discussion.