Articles - On 21 December 2018 a substantial part of the long-awaited Clean Energy Package ("CEP") was published in the Official Journal, notably the recast Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (the “recast RED”), the Energy Efficiency Directive 2018/2002 as well as the new Energy Union and Climate Action Governance Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. This legislation enters into force on 24 December 2018; the directives have to be implemented by 30 June 2021 resp. 25 June 2020.
This blog post discusses the key changes for renewable electricity projects pursuant to the cited legislation.