EU energy chief against higher biofuel target for now

* Whether EU targets should be binding depends on competitiveness

* Environment ministers could discuss "carbon milestones" in March

By Barbara Lewis

BRUSSELS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The EU's energy chief said on Tuesday for now he was opposed to raising the bloc's 10 percent biofuel target due to environmental concerns and urged the bloc to agree 2030 energy goals within two years.

"During the life of this Commission, we want to be able to reach a conclusion on targets for 2030," Guenther Oettinger said, referring to the current EU executive, whose mandate expires in 2014.

On the biofuel target, he told a conference: "If I had to decide today, I would reject a proposal to go beyond 10 percent (on biofuels). The whole question of sustainability has to be addressed."

The conference debated the EU's 2050 energy road map, which aims to provide guidance for investment beyond an existing set of firm targets which establish policy until 2020.

The European Union has a binding target to raise the share of renewable energy in road transport to 10 percent by the end of the decade, almost all of which is expected to be met by blending biofuels with conventional fuels.

It also has a 2020 target to increase the overall share of renewables in the energy mix to 20 percent and to lower carbon emissions by 20 percent, as well as a non-binding goal to improve energy efficiency by 20 percent.