ENERGIA RENOVABLE Y DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE

Abstract

The European Union and its Member States, also our Autonomous Regions, have laid down clear objectives for renewable energy in 2010 – a share of 12 percent of renewable energy in gross energy consumption and a share of 22.1 percent for green electricity.

For example, in 2001 the EU15 used about 56 Mtoe of biomass for energy purposes. Achieving the Union renewable energy targets for 2010 would need approximately 74 Mtoe more (total: 130 Mtoe). Electricity from biomass shall contribute 32Mtoe.

Unfortunately last report from the EEA (European Environmental Agency) stated the fact that doing like “business as usual”, there is no way for Europe to reach the targets defined by the Kyoto protocol.

The authors try to answer the question ¿Is it possible other energy World? and they give the readers an alternative vision of that. They support the thesis that an additional effort is needed to develop an alternative scenario: the bio-energy and renewable energy sources.