EU Commission: wind power, measures in support of EU industry. Aiming for renewable energy at 42.5% by 2030

Achieving the EU’s goal that has recently been agreed upon for renewable energy of at least 42.5% by 2030 and the ambition to reach 45% “will require a massive increase in wind installed capacity with an expected growth from 204 GW in 2022 to more than 500 GW in 2030”. This is written in a release from the EU Commission, which adds: “While the wind power sector is a historical EU success story, its future growth path is faced with a unique set of challenges including insufficient and uncertain demand, slow and complex permitting, lack of access to raw materials, high inflation and commodity prices, unsupportive design of national tenders, increased pressure from international competitors and risks on availability of a skilled workforce”. According to the EU Commission, the situation requires “immediate action”, and that’s why, as announced by President Von der Leyen in her State of the Union speech last month, the European Commission “is today presenting a European Wind Power Action Plan to ensure that the clean energy transition goes hand-in-hand with industrial competitiveness and that wind power continues to be a European success story”. Such Action Plan “will help to maintain a healthy and competitive wind energy supply chain, with a clear and secure pipeline of projects, attracting the necessary financing and competing on a level playing field globally”.
Valentina Bombelli