Joint statement of EU environmental organisations on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive under the REPowerEU legislative proposal – 2022/0160(COD)

The document calls for the EU to address administrative bottlenecks and improve spatial planning to speed up renewable energy permitting, while maintaining strict adherence to environmental safeguards like the Birds and Habitats Directives to avoid legal uncertainty and ecological harm.

• The primary obstacles to renewable energy source (RES) deployment are administrative rather than environmental, specifically understaffing, lack of skills in public authorities, and a lack of transparency in procedures.
• Wind and solar energy are identified as the technologies with the lowest environmental impact and the highest potential for short-term emission reductions, and should be preferred over hydropower or most bioenergy.
• Exempting 'go-to' areas from environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and public participation is likely to increase public resistance and slow down development, contrary to the goal of acceleration.
• The proposal to automatically presume RES projects are of overriding public interest regarding the Birds, Habitats, and Water Framework Directives is viewed as a risk that creates legal uncertainty and could lead to a regression of environmental law.

APA

ClientEarth (2022). Joint statement of EU environmental organisations on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive under the REPowerEU legislative proposal – 2022/0160(COD). https://www.clientearth.org/media/zdangsmh/joint-ngo-statement-on-repowereu-legislative-proposal_sept-2022.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Joint statement of EU environmental organisations on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive under the REPowerEU legislative proposal – 2022/0160(COD). 2022. https://www.clientearth.org/media/zdangsmh/joint-ngo-statement-on-repowereu-legislative-proposal_sept-2022.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2022joint, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Joint statement of EU environmental organisations on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive under the REPowerEU legislative proposal – 2022/0160(COD)}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/zdangsmh/joint-ngo-statement-on-repowereu-legislative-proposal_sept-2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }