{"id":125098,"date":"2022-12-02T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T02:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=125098"},"modified":"2022-12-01T10:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T09:25:23","slug":"what-is-the-eu-doing-to-promote-the-development-of-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/what-is-the-eu-doing-to-promote-the-development-of-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the EU doing to promote the development of renewable energy?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The European Union is working to promote renewable energies and decarbonize the energy sector, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Three quarters of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions are due to energy, which includes electricity production, heat and transport.<\/p>\n

Accelerating the deployment of renewable energies is essential to drastically reduce emissions from the electricity sector and achieve the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality target.
\nIt is also a way for EU countries to be less dependent on energy imports and less vulnerable to disruptions that can affect prices.
\nIn parallel, the EU is working on energy saving measures.<\/p>\n

Increase in EU targets for the use of renewable energy sources<\/h3>\n

More than 20% of the energy consumed in the EU comes from renewable sources, which is more than twice as much as in 2004. The possibility of increasing the EU’s 32% target for 2030, as well as targets for buildings, heating and cooling and industry, is currently under review. In September 2022, the Parliament demanded raising the renewable energy target for 2030 to 45%.<\/p>\n

In a context marked by Russian aggression in Ukraine and the EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels,the Parliament plans to vote in December on additional measures to accelerate the share of renewables in the bloc well before 2030. These include:<\/p>\n