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Activists warn Europe's Russian-gas exit strategy may be derailed if fossil hydrogen is expanded and labelled a green energy source in the revised Renewable Energy Directive currently underway.
The renewable share varies widely between EU countries, ranging from more than 50% in Sweden to below 10% in Luxembourg.
Russia is the EU's top gas supplier, and the 40 per cent renewable energy goal for 2030 was proposed by the Commission last year, , european union, Renewables energy
In reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is growing support across the European Parliament to increase the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target and break away from Russian fossil fuels, lawmakers from across the political spectrum told EURACTIV.
The amount of bioenergy in the EU's transport sector will increase under plans put forward by the lawmaker leading the European Parliament's position on the EU’s renewable energy law, a scenario likely to rankle green legislators.