FACTBOX - Germany unveils energy savings bill

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Germany, the world's sixth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, approved an energy and climate bill on Wednesday, with laws aimed at reducing its harmful greenhouse emissions.

Here are some of the points of the bill. For a full story please click on [ID:nL05563692]

TARGETS

- Germany aims, by 2020, to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent compared to 1990 levels.

- It will aim to produce 30 percent of electricity using renewable sources by 2020, 45 percent by 2050.

- By 2020, nearly 20 percent of energy in Germany is expected to come from renewables, compared to around 5 percent in 2005.

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