RGI Reaction to the REPowerEU Action Plan

In May 2022, RGI released a reaction to the REPowerEU Action Plan, emphasing that speeding up infrastructure deployment for developing and integrating renewables needs to be connected to nature and biodiversity restoration

Within the current geopolitical changes and to achieve or surpass our climate and energy targets, we need to prioritise and streamline processes for wind and solar infrastructure development as well as the necessary electricity grids. However, it is imperative that the effort of speeding up infrastructure deployment for developing and integrating renewables is connected to nature and biodiversity restoration. This means that REPowerEU and the definition of ‘renewables go-to areas’ need to be very strongly linked to the upcoming EU Nature Restoration Targets and the activities required to achieve both objectives need to be planned coherently and jointly.