@article{zaharia2015study,
  title = {Study of 2020 energy targets achievability},
  author = {Alina Zaharia},
  year = 2015,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JEERBE/2015/967530/},
  journal = {Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics},
  volume = 2015,
  pages = 12,
  doi = 10.5171/2015.967530,
  abstract = {The Europe 2020 Strategy and the concepts through which green energy use is promoted represented starting points for evaluating the status of Member States economies in order to propose ways of achieving sustainable development. Thus, the European Union has established targets for diminishing the level of the negative effects of human development by 2020. These energy targets refer to improving energy efficiency, to diminishing the consumption of fossil fuels and to promoting the use of renewable energy. The paper tries to investigate the status of these targets achievability by comparing the 2012 levels of primary and final energy consumption with the 2020 targets and to assess the relevance of the assumed energy targets by all member states. Equally, this paper provides a comparison of 2012 levels of the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption with the 2020 targets. The results indicate low significance of the member states assumed targets for 2020 energy consumption, because their levels are similar to the one of 1990. European Union should consider all “green” existing concepts for integrating them into a more complete one to better substantiate the adopted targets in the energy sector. This could represent the pathway to energy sustainability achievement and, through it, the green society accomplishment. 
JEL Classification: E21, O13, Q40.
 },
  keywords = {energy consumption, energy targets, sustainability, green society.},
  note = Article ID: 967530
}