The EU’s bill for oiland gas imports has gone up by €200bn over the past three years to €406bn($522.34bn) in 2012, or 3.2% of the bloc’s GDP, EWEA claimed.

"Instead of puttingtheir efforts into increasing wind energy production for technologicalleadership and greater competitiveness, governments in Europe are cuttingsupport for renewables and relying even more on expensive fuels, often importedfrom countries that are far from our democratic tradition,” said EWEA CEO ThomasBecker.