2018 assessment of the progress made by Member States towards the national energy efficiency targets for 2020 and towards the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive

Summary:

Report presented on 9 April 2019 by the European Commission assessing the progress made by Member States towards meeting national energy efficiency targets and implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive.

Further information:

In December 2018, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the revised Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). The revised EED set the 2030 energy efficiency target to be at least 32.5%. It also included a possible upward revision clause, which increases the level of ambition compared to efforts required to meet the 2020 targets. Energy efficiency is strong driver to achieve the 2020 and 2030 climate targets and also a key building block for the Commission’s proposal for a European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy, presented in November 2018.

This report provides the latest insights into progress made up until 2017 to meet the 20% target before 2020. The official European statistics on energy, which Member States sent to Eurostat up to January 2019, were used as the primary data source. The report builds on the 2017 Energy Efficiency Progress Report, the 2018 Annual Reports submitted by Member States, and complementary analysis carried out during 2018.