Small Step Up for Renewables, Giant Fall for Gas

A briefing by Ember arguing that increasing the EU's 2030 renewable energy target to 45% would halve fossil gas imports compared to a 40% target, saving €43 billion in 2030 and an estimated €200 billion between 2025 and 2030.

• Increasing the EU renewable energy target to 45% by 2030 would reduce fossil gas imports by half compared to the 40% target set in the Fit for 55 package. Specifically, while Fit for 55 expects 2030 gas imports to be 236 billion cubic metres (bcm), the 45% target would avoid 118 bcm of these imports. This reduction would result in €43 billion in additional annual savings by 2030, with estimated total savings of €200 billion between 2025 and 2030.

APA

Brown, S. (2022). Small Step Up for Renewables, Giant Fall for Gas. Ember. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/Report_-Small-Step-Up-for-Renewables-Giant-Fall-for-Gas.pdf

Chicago

Brown, Sarah. Small Step Up for Renewables, Giant Fall for Gas. Ember, 2022. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/Report_-Small-Step-Up-for-Renewables-Giant-Fall-for-Gas.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{brown2022small, author = {Brown, Sarah}, title = {{Small Step Up for Renewables, Giant Fall for Gas}}, institution = {Ember}, year = {2022}, month = dec, url = {https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/11/Report_-Small-Step-Up-for-Renewables-Giant-Fall-for-Gas.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }