use of energy from renewable sources

The alarming upward trend in the price of oil makes it more important than ever to promote the production and use of energy from renewable sources.

In January 2008 the Commission thus adopted a proposal for a directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.

It states that, although some progress has been made, the policies and measures in place will not be sufficient to meet the targets set for the use of energy from renewable sources.

The honourable Member asks whether the sustainability scheme proposed by the Commission in its proposal for the directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, adopted by the Commission this January, will solve the problem created by the trading practice referred to in the question.