Sweden unveils 'ambitious' clean energy strategy
Swedish government on Wednesday presented what it describes as Europe's 'most ambitious' strategy to improve energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Andreas Calgren, Swedish Minister for the Environment (photo: Regeringskansliet Sverige)
Yahoo! News reports Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren having said: "As the first industrialised country, we are presenting a concrete plan towards becoming independent of fossil fuels and reducing emissions to a level that the climate requires."
Sweden aims for renewable energy to comprise fifty per cent of all produced energy by 2020, and for the Swedish car fleet to be independent of fossil fuels by 2030. The country as a whole should be carbon neutral by 2050.
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