EREF – a call for constructive improvements of the European Commission’s proposal for the amendment of the current Renewable Energy Directive and Related acts

EREF certainly and foremost welcomes the draft proposal for the amendment of the current Directive for the promotion of renewable energies (Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources.

The objective for this proposal is to assist fulfilling the priorities under the European Green Deal and the currently established framework under our European Climate law, all aiming to reach an almost complete Greenhouse-gas (GHG)- free society and economy in the European Union by 2051, as we are obliged to reach in the eyes of the world.