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London 2012 looks unlikely to meet its green goal of procuring a fifth of its electricity from local renewable energy sources.

The first blow was dealt earlier this year, when the company intended to supply an 130-metre-tall wind turbine, dubbed the Angel of Leyton, failed to meet health and safety standards, leading to the termination of the project.

This was to be the lynchpin of the renewable energy strategy, and would have outlasted the games, thereby offsetting more of the energy used over the Olympic summer, but no alternative large-scale sustainability projects have since stepped into the breach.

Waste processing facilities are also falling short of their targets, with an organic waste facility intended for east London unlikely to materialise in time for the games. Food and packaging are expected to constitute 40 per cent of the waste produced during the staging of the games.

Whilst the 'lasting legacy' is now looking in doubt, London 2012's environmental team is still endeavouring to reduce energy consumption during the games, installing 50,000 square metres of solar panels, a small scale combined heat and power biomass plant and boilers which burn waste wood.

In an interview with the Press Association, Darren Johnson, chairman of the London Assembly Environment Committee, said: 'London said it would provide the greenest Games ever and although good progress is being made in many areas, it is disappointing that organisers don't expect to meet their renewable energy target.

'With the event still two years away, I hope the London 2012 team will do everything they can to power the Games with as much energy as possible from renewable sources and help London live up to the promises it made.'

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