New wind additions in 2022 failed to keep pace with the 2.2 GW/yr required to ensure that Spain remains on track to meet its 2030 legislated target of just above 50GW, according to AEE. The lobby group stressed that this delay was partly because "the speed of administrative processing has not been sufficient". Installed wind capacity reached 29.73GW in 2022, up by 1.13GW from 28.60GW in 2021, according to provisional power grid operator REE data.
read more... 01/02/2023
German power suppliers may have to change their retail offers from 2025 as the government wants customers to benefit from adapting demand to high or low wholesale prices, the economy minister said on Wednesday.
read more... 12/01/2023
A majority of EU member states have backed a 40% target for renewable energies like wind and solar by 2030 – a far cry from the 45% objective tabled by the European Commission and supported by Parliament earlier this year in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
read more... 26/12/2022
Denmark will be carbon neutral by 2045, five years earlier than a previous target, prime minister Mette Frederiksen said on Wednesday.
read more... 15/12/2022
Germany's power production from renewable energy rose in 2022, but it is still below the threshold needed to reach the target of generating 80% of electricity from renewables by 2030, the Environment Agency said on Monday.
read more... 12/12/2022