2022 RePowerEU plan

On May 18, 2022, the European Commission (EC) unveiled a more detailed version of the REpowerEU plan to end Russian energy imports before 2030. As part of the plan, the EC proposes to increase the renewable energy share target from 40% to 45% in all sectors by 2030, in the revised renewable energy directive (RED III), under the Fit for 55 package.

The REpowerEU plan was first proposed on March 8, 2022, as a way of cutting EU member states’ (MS) dependency on Russian fossil fuel by diversifying the supply of gas from non-Russian countries and reducing the use of fossil fuels in the EU. More detailed information can be found in the SGS INSPIRE EU report. In the new announcement, made on May 18, 2022, the EC has set additional actions to further save energy, diversify gas s