RED II, 2018 - 2023

On November 30, 2016, the European Commission (EC) published a proposal to recast the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) I. On June 14, 2018, the co-decision makers, i.e. the Council of the EU and the European Parliament (EP), together with the EC, reached a trialogue agreement on a flexible 14% by energy content renewable energy share target for the transportation sector to be achieved by member states (MS). The EU Official Journal published the approved version of the recast of the RED, RED II, on December 11, 2018. EU MS should transpose the directive by June 31, 2021.

In contrast to the 2020 framework, the RED II does not set a renewable energy share target at the national level. The RED II sets an EU-wide renewable energy target of 14% for the transportation sector, t