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05. May 2023
HFK update: RED III - new EU directive for renewable energies adopted/Regulations of the EU - emergency regulation for the simplified expansion of renewable energies and grids are now to apply permanently
On March 30, 2023, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council agreed on a comprehensive revision of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED III).
The European target for renewable energies will be significantly increased from 32.5% to 45% in 2030, with binding targets for the respective sectors. In addition, the adjustments to the RED will also significantly and permanently accelerate approval procedures at the European level.
For this purpose, the regulations of the EU Emergency Ordinance (https://hfk.de/aktuelles/detail/hfk-update-eu-notfallverordnung-soll-genehmigungsverfahren-fuer-windkraft-und-solar-anlagen-beschleunigen-bundeskabinett-bereitet-weg-fuer-den-vereinfachten-ausbau-von-windanlagen), which were previously only provisional, have been made permanent.
The regulations apply, for instance, to the expansion of renewable energies and grids. These are in the overriding public interest and a second environmental and species protection assessment can be dispensed within the priority areas if an assessment has already been carried out at the planning level and appropriate avoidance or compensatory measures have been taken. Corresponding requirements in the drafts for the new Building Energy Act or for accelerating the planning procedures for energy projects are now permanently secured under European law by the annulment of the time limit in RED III.
The informal trilateral agreement must now be formally adopted by the European Parliament and the Council. It will first be submitted to the representatives of the EU member states in the Permanent Representatives Committee in the Council and then to the Parliament for approval. The directive must be formally adopted by the Parliament and then by the Council before it is published in the Official Journal of the EU and enters into force. It must then be implemented in Germany in order to take immediate effect.