The European Parliament has voted to expand accelerated permitting processes to standalone energy storage. Image: European Union 2017 – European Parliament.
The European Union parliament has voted on amendments to REPowerEU which will see its accelerated permitting for renewable projects expanded to include standalone energy storage.
The REPowerEU strategy was written up in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year and saw the bloc increase its renewables deployments target to 2030 in an effort to strengthen energy security. Part of this was implementing new, accelerated permitting rules for renewable projects, but until now only co-located energy storage was included.
Yesterday (14 December), the European Parliament in a plenary session voted on new REPowerEU amendments to the Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy…