Biofuel targets can be met, says Barroso

THE minimum 10% target for biofuels by 2020, proposed in the European Union’s roadmap for renewable energy, is feasible without creating unmanageable tensions between food and non-food production.

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso who made the comment at Green Week in Berlin, said the EU has adopted a highly ambitious energy strategy.

At the heart of it is a mandatory target of supplying 20% of energy consumption from renewable sources.