Quebec's Liberal government said on Thursday it wants to reduce the quantity of petroleum products consumed in the Canadian province by 40 percent by 2030 as part of its long-term energy strategy.
Renewable energy currently supplies about 47 percent of Quebec's needs, an amount the province intends to boost to 61 percent by 2030, as part of a series of targets to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, Energy Minister Pierre Arcand told journalists in Montreal.
(Reporting By Allison Lampert; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)