Four Countries Eclipse EU Renewable Goals Early

The European Union continues to march toward its renewable energy goals for 2020, but some countries aren’t content to wait until then to meet their targets.  Newly released data show that four countries — Sweden, Bulgaria, Estonia and Lithuania — have met or surpassed their renewable energy target ahead of schedule, and two others are on the cusp.

Eurostat, a repository for data about Europe, provided its latest annual renewable energy report on Wednesday.  The report covers all 28 countries in the European Union (EU) with data through 2013, assessing their progress on meeting goals to lessen reliance on climate change-causing fossil fuels.

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