A plenary session of the Parliament voted in Strasbourg in favour of deals reached by negotiators from the three EU institutions in June on a new Energy Efficiency Directive, Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), and new energy governance regulations.<\/p>\n
Once approved by member states in the Council in the coming weeks, the regulations will set a new binding renewable energy target of at least 32% for 2030, described as “paltry” and “inadequate” by environmentalists, with a review in 2023 for an upward revision at EU level.<\/p>\n
The Parliament\u2019s negotiator on RED II, social democrat Jos\u00e9 Blanco L\u00f3pez, said the “vital” agreements “take us towards greater decarbonisation of our economy”.<\/p>\n
The directive includes a subtarget of 14% for transport, caps palm oil and soybean fuels \u2014 to be phased-out from 2023 \u2014 and scraps targets for food-based biofuels after 2020.<\/p>\n
A new energy efficiency directive sets a non-binding EU target of at least 32.5% for 2030 with an upwards revision clause by 2023.<\/p>\n
Campaigners have said the target does not reflect the urgency of climate change.<\/p>\n
Centre-right EPP group spokesperson in the industry committee Kri\u0161janis Karin\u0161 said he expected that “realism in our targets and flexibility in its implementation will prevail”.<\/p>\n
Energy markets should “move away from heavy-handed state intervention towards more competition and market-based principles,” he said, welcoming the “flexibility” in the agreements.<\/p>\n
Separately, the Commission announced amended energy consumption figures for the revised energy efficiency directive to take account of the UK leaving the EU.<\/p>\n
The energy governance rules require member states to prepare a national energy and climate plan for 2021-2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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