The European Commission in January put forward a carbon-cutting goal of 40% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, plus an EU-wide renewable-energy goal of 27%
The six firms told a Brussels audience the EU should instead make a 30% green energy goal binding on all 28 member states. Those representing the group of interests stated that the EC’s own figures show their 30% green energy goal would create 570,000 extra jobs and save €260 billion ($356 billion) in fossil fuel imports, compared with a single carbon-cutting target.
Executives from utilities including Germany-based E.ON, RWE and GDF Suez, formed what became known as the Magritte Group last year to lobby for an end to subsidies for wind and solar energy.
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