Britain set to miss EU renewable energy target

· Investment of over £100bn would not achieve goal
· MPs attack lack of urgency in UK's energy policy

Britain could invest more than £100bn in renewable energy over the next decade and still fail to meet an EU target on clean technology, the government's own renewables advisers have warned.

The Renewables Advisory Board (RAB), made up of senior figures from across the industry, says the best the UK could realistically hope for is to generate 14% of its energy from sustainable sources by 2020. The EU has set Britain a target of 15% renewable energy generation by then. ... Read full article