Streamlining For Performance

The report examines how to reform EU energy law to meet 2030 targets, specifically a binding EU-wide target of 27% renewable energy and a 27% energy savings goal. It identifies four primary areas for streamlining: the alignment of renewable energy and energy efficiency targets, the merging of planning and reporting requirements, the consolidation of building-sector provisions into a single directive, and the transfer of market-barrier removal provisions to a reviewed internal electricity market directive. The authors argue that synchronizing these amendments during the 2016 legislative review period would reduce administrative burdens, enhance policy coherence, and increase investor certainty.

• The EU's 2030 energy objectives include a binding EU-wide target for renewable energy at 27% of energy consumed and a goal of 27% energy savings.
• The report proposes streamlining the 2030 targets by allowing Member States to determine their own targets and trajectories, potentially making these commitments binding to reduce the cost of capital for renewable energy investments by up to 10%.
• Planning and reporting obligations across multiple directives could be merged into a single 10-year national energy plan, replacing shorter 3-year cycles to improve policy coherence and reduce administrative burdens.
• Provisions regarding buildings, heating, and cooling currently spread across the renewable energy and energy efficiency directives could be consolidated into a single sectoral directive, such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
• Market-related provisions and the removal of barriers to renewable energy and energy efficiency could be transferred to a reviewed internal electricity market directive to ensure more consistent implementation.
• The report suggests that a binding EU-wide renewable electricity target could be integrated into the internal electricity market directive, with projected shares between 44.6% and 47.3% by 2030.
• The 2014 Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) identified approximately 100 hotspots on the European grid where bottlenecks exist or may develop, highlighting the need for pre-emptive infrastructure investment to support 2030 targets.

APA

Wyns, T., & Khatchadourian, A. (2016). Streamlining For Performance. Climate Strategies. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Streamlining-for-Performance-FINAL-March-2016.pdf

Chicago

Wyns, Tomas, and Arianna Khatchadourian. Streamlining For Performance. Climate Strategies, 2016. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Streamlining-for-Performance-FINAL-March-2016.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wyns2016streamlining, author = {Wyns, Tomas and Khatchadourian, Arianna}, title = {{Streamlining For Performance}}, institution = {Climate Strategies}, year = {2016}, month = mar, url = {https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Streamlining-for-Performance-FINAL-March-2016.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }