When EU leaders in March agreed to cut CO2 and boost renewables by 2020, the press asked German chancellor Angela Merkel how the targets would be met. She shrugged, smiled and said "With all the best will in the world, I can't tell you." By the end of November this year, the European Commission hopes to have some answers.
"They've set the targets, now we need the technology to achieve the targets," an EU official tasked with drafting Brussels' autumn "energy technology plan" told EUob...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.