Renewable energy directive target

Please note: Each EPRS Study is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This report investigated the impacts and feasibility of increasing the share of renewables beyond the proposed target of 27% for 2030 through a review of recent studies assessing the future energy system in the EU. The authors examined the impact of selected modelling input factors and modelling approaches on the determination of the optimal share of renewables.

This document had been commissioned by Policy Department A of DG Internal Policies at the request of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) of the European Parliament.

EP: EPRS: Study, January 2018: Renewable energy directive target http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2018/614201/IPOL_STU(2018)614201_EN.pdf

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