EU Member States have introduced ambitious targets for the deployment of renewable energy installations. They have chosen to rely on wind and PV to meet these targets in the power sector, both of which have seen growth in most countries. However, most Member States did not consta...

To increase the share of RES-E, governments have designed and implemented promotional policies which provide direct and indirect financial aid to RES-E adapters and developers. These promotional policies include several instruments and support schemes. Different countries, and in...

While records amounts of venture capital are being invested in climate tech, we ask the question what is different now as compared to the investment boom of 10 years ago which by and large ended in bust. We find that we are in a better technological position than 10 years ago, ma...

CINEA is implementing EMFF projects to support the development and market uptake of innovative solutions for offshore renewable energy. Between 2018 and 2020, EMFF supported offshore renewable energy projects for an amount of about 24,5 MILLION of EU contribution, mainly via bott...

This report outlines the European Commission's Joint Research Centre's contribution to standardisation activities within the field of Photovoltaic Energy Systems. The Joint Research Centre (JRC) continues to play a significant role in European and international standardis...

Healthier, cleaner and safer oceans are at the heart of the European Green Deal aiming to build a climate-neutral EU economy by 2050 and halting biodiversity loss. ...

The key objective of this study is to provide an overview of existing national and regional long-term analyses, assumptions and plans on offshore renewable energy and grids in the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) countries. The study aims at identifying the common grounds and...

The European Union and Japan are the largest economies consistently committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which cause global warming, and to promoting renewable energy. China has also been an important partner, although it has adopted less ambitious targets, and t...

At an EU-level, the shares of renewable energy sources (RES) in total, electricity (RES-E), heating and cooling (RES-H&C), and to a lesser extent also transport (RES-T) have been continuously increasing over the past years. In 2019, the EU reached a share of 18.9% of RES in g...