PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

In the face of the 21st century's global energy challenges, the EU is leading the clean energy transition: striving for a more secure, competitive and sustainable energy system which will address the existential challenge of our time - climate change. By setting ambitious energy and climate targets for 2030, the EU is giving a clear sense of direction; in addition to these targets, it provides a stable legal framework to foster the necessary investment. But this is not the end of the road: with its 2050 long-term climate neutrality strategy, the EU is also looking further ahead than 2030, and setting the foundations for what a cleaner planet will look like by the middle of the century and beyond. Energy efficiency is considered to be one of the main aspects of the energy strategy in the European Uniona because aims to achieve not only clean, efficient and smart energy but also to improve the health of European citizens. In this context, the European Union has adopted important rules in the energy sector aimed at integrating renewable energy sources into the European energy market. These actions aim to increase cooperation between Member States on this sector and to establish a minimum of certainty that European citizens will not be at risk of running out of electricity.