EUREC previously released two reports in support of the European Parliament’s proposed amendment to the Renewable Energy Directive (“RED III”) calling for at least 5% of new renewable energy capacity to be of innovative renewable energy technology. This important and timely idea will speed up the commercialization of new, high-quality, European-made renewable energy technology across...
Author: Anna Spoden (Anna Spoden)
European Parliament votes to support a 45% target for renewables in the Renewable Energy Directive
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday, 14 September in favour of a 45% target for renewable energy in the EU’s energy mix by 2030 as part of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), paving the way for negotiations with the member states in order to finalise the text before the end of the year. The...
EUREC statement on data sharing in the Renewable Energy Directive
EUREC has long been keen to support measures to promote digitalisation and data sharing in the renewable energy space (i.e. through our Special Issue) and our DG Energy event this past February). We have therefore organised a statement to endorse data-friendly amendments to the upcoming Renewable Energy Directive revision (RED III). MEP Eva Maydell (EPP)...
ETIP PV has published the report “Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda” (SRIA) for Photovoltaics
ETIP PV — of which EUREC is a Secretariat partner — has developed a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) which focuses on solar PV technology as a prominent aspect of the EU’s commitments to its clean energy targets and global sustainability goals. PV technology has already proven to be economically and environmentally competitive...
MEP Markus Pieper Advocates for Innovation in Amendments on ‘Fit for 55’
The ‘draft report’ of amendments to the Renewable Energy Directive proposed by MEP Markus Pieper (CDU, EPP) has been published and can be found here. Dr Pieper is the Member of the European Parliament who will lead the process to create and negotiate that institution’s position on the Directive. Explaining his amendments in a...
EUREC Special Issue: Energy Digitalisation and Data
Alongside MDPI Energies and under the editorial leadership of EUREC board member Andrea Michiorri (MINES ParisTech), EUREC is coordinating a Special Issue Journal focused on energy digitalisation and data to be published in September 2022. The objective is to bring solid peer reviewed research material and results to European digitalisation policy, particularly influencing the “Action...
Integrating Support for Innovation in RED III – Key Summaries
EUREC has collaborated with Future Cleantech Architects in a policy summary for EU lawmakers on measures to integrate support for high-impact innovation in the Renewable Energy Directive revision (RED III). In particular, the document recommends specific sub-targets for innovative RES within the renewable energy targets in RED III. The summary also includes support for data...
EUREC in the News: New Op-Ed in Science|Business and PV Magazine Germany
EUREC Secretary General Greg Arrowsmith has a new op-ed in Science Business which calls for greater support for technological innovation and data sharing in the European Commission’s updated Renewable Energy Directive. Read the article here There is also a German version of the op-ed available in PV Magazine Deutschland; read the German version here.
Joint letter calling for the establishment of an EU-wide renewable risk mitigation scheme in the Renewable Energy Directive
The EUREC Secretary General and 15 other leaders of renewable energy organisations signed a joint letter to the European Commission’s Executive Vice President Timmermans and Commissioner Simson to call for a European-wide risk mitigation scheme in the upcoming reform of the Renewable Energy Directive. The scheme would allow for economies of scale to de-risk renewable...