Israel Sets Renewable Energy Target of 10% by 2020
Articles — By forcechange on January 12, 2009 11:45 am
The Israeli government on Monday set a target of producing 10% of the country’s electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The target was set by the socio-economic cabinet, led by Finance Minister Roni Bar-On.
While this is a step in the right direction, it seems like Israel, out of all countries, would have the greatest interest in reducing fossil fuel dependency and consumption. However, a target of only 10% renewables by 2020 is a fraction of California’s goals, which are to have 20% renewables by 2010 and 33% by 2020.
While Israel has shown a progressive approach towards many clean technologies, including the early adoption of the Better Place electric vehicle model, it would seem to be in its interest to do significantly more with renewable electricity generation.
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