To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what target she has set for the percentage of renewable energy use by (a) 2010 and (b) 2020. [125584]
The information requested is as follows:
(a) The Renewables Obligation which the Government introduced in April 2002, places an obligation on all licensed electricity suppliers to supply a specified proportion of electricity from renewables. We have set a target for electricity generated from renewable sources to reach 10 per cent. by 2010.
(b) The Energy White Paper—Our energy future—creating a low carbon economy published in February 2003 reinforces the Government's commitment to renewable forms of energy. Our aspiration is that by 2020, 20 per cent. of the UK's electricity needs will be met from renewable sources.