Creating new momentum in Europe’s Renewable Energy Policies – Recommendations from Regions and their Energy Agencies

Reaching the 2030 climate goals requires a policy step change recognizing the drivers and failures of the past decade’s approaches. The members of FEDARENE believe this step change can be stimulated by REDIII through the following drivers:

• Accelerated use of RES through “regional facilitation services”
• Binding EU and national targets of at least 40% renewable energy in the final energy consumption by 2030 (article 3)
• Information, training and facilitation focused on market uptake of RES (articles 18, 21 & 22)
• Greater focus on the production of on-site renewables as a territorial development strategy
• Greater synergies with the EPBD to increase RES integration in buildings
• Enhanced access to energy data for “regional energy observatories”
• Accelerated mainstreaming of renewable energy in heating and cooling facilitated by local/regional energy agencies (art. 23 & 24)
• Production of hydrogen should be exclusively local, from renewable sources, and should not be used directly for decarbonizing the building stock
• Carbon neutrality as a KPI for businesses
• Increased use of renewables in transport supported by smart mobility and non-transport solutions

Read the complete set of recommendations here.