Use of energy from renewable sources

Abstract

This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) accompanying the above proposal, submitted on 30 November 2016 and referred to Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy (ITRE). The Commission's proposal is a recast of the existing Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC of 2009 (and amended in 2015). The aim of the proposed recast is to achieve the goal of deriving 27 % of energy from renewable sources in EU energy consumption by 2030. This binding EU-level target was agreed by the European Council in 2014. The European Parliament has called on the Commission to increase the target to at least 30 %.2