LONDON (Reuters) - Renewable energy consumption rose 0.6 percent in the European Union in 2008, meaning that the EU has passed the half-way point to reaching its 20 percent target by 2020.
Renewable energy consumption was 10.3 percent in 2008, compared with 9.7 percent in 2007 and 8.8 percent in 2006, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union said Tuesday.
Of the EU's three biggest economies -- Germany, France and Britain -- France had the highest share at 11 percent, followed by Germany's 8.9 percent and the UK's 2.2 percent.
