RED II — Directive (EU) 2018/2001

What it is, what happened, who decided, what is being done, where to act. · updated 2026-09-08 · Ask about this act →

What it is

Subject matter This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets a binding Union target for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy in 2030. It also lays down rules on financial support for electricity from renewable sources, on self-consumption of such electricity, on the use of energy from renewable sources in the heating and cooling sector and in the transport sector, on regional cooperation between Member States, and between Member States and third countries, on guarantees of origin, on administrative procedures and on information and training. […]

Article 1 of the act, verbatim Article 1
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Who decided what, and when

2018-12-11
The adopting institution
The act was adopted and published in the Official Journal.

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How the act has already been changed

Amendments that became law, and how long each took from the Commission's proposal to adoption. This is the answer to "can this be changed at all" — from the EU's own register.

What changedProposedBecame lawTook
as regards improving the Union’s electricity market design (Text with EEA relevance)
32024L1711
2024-06-13
as regards adding feedstock for the production of biofuels and biogas
32024L1405
2024-03-14
as regards a methodology for calculating the amount of renewable energy used for cooling and district cooling
32022R0759
2021-12-14
as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652
32023L2413
2021-07-142023-10-18826 days

What is being done now

2022-05-18pending
A proposal to amend this act has been tabled — amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency. Not yet law.
2023-03-14pending
A proposal to amend this act has been tabled — amending Regulations (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2019/942 as well as Directives (EU) 2018/2001 and (EU) 2019/944 to improve the Union’s electricity market design. Not yet law.
2025-12-10pending
A proposal to amend this act has been tabled — as regards acceleration of permit-granting procedures. Not yet law.

Where you can act

  1. Your MEPs
    They vote on changes to this act. The list is below; each EP profile carries a contact form and an e-mail address.
  2. European Commission public consultations
    Every initiative implementing or amending this act goes out for public consultation; anyone may file, entries are published, and the Commission must summarise them.
  3. European Parliament Petitions Committee (PETI)
    Any EU resident may petition about the application of an EU act; the committee must examine it.

How to find your own MEP

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The national layer

How many of each country's own laws in our corpora rest on this act — a measure of size, not a transposition score.

153
Estonia
145
Lithuania
32
Italy
19
Slovenia
18
Sweden
5
Latvia

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