2010 National Renewable Energy Action Plan for Austria

The 2010 National Renewable Energy Action Plan for Austria presents measures to achieve an increase to 34 percent, by 2020, of renewables as a share of gross energy consumption (in line with EU Directive 2009/28/EC). Compared to a reference scenario based on the data on energy consumption available up to 2009, final energy consumption is to be cut by 13 percent by 2020 in order to achieve the target. Sectors will contribute different shares to this goal. The largest contribution is expected from transport (–22 percent), followed by heating and cooling (–12 percent) and electricity (–5 percent). The directive's implementation is a dynamic process, to a large extent controlled by the envisaged energy strategy of the Austrian Federal Government.