While the interinstitutional negotiations on the Renewable Energy Directive were concluded on 31 March with an agreement to increase the share of renewable energy to 42.5% of overall energy consumption by 2030 (see EUROPE B13153A1), the Ember think tank published a report on 28 March on the state of play of wind and solar energy deployment in the European Union.
If these two types of energy production are the dominant technologies for driving Europe’s energy transition, “faster...