Recital 21

(21) Lengthy administrative procedures are some of the main obstacles to the deployment of renewable energy. Those barriers include the complexity of the applicable rules for site selection and administrative authorisations for projects, the complexity and duration of the assessment of the environmental impact of the projects, grid connection issues, and staffing constraints of the permit-granting authorities or grid operators. Further simplification and speeding up of the administrative permit-granting processes for renewables and related power grid infrastructure is necessary to ensure that the Union achieves its energy and climate targets. Recommendations were made to Member States in the context of the 2022 European Semester to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy. As announced in the communication of the Commission of 18 May 2022 entitled ‘REPowerEU Plan’, the Commission has proposed to amend Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (9) on energy from renewable sources, aiming to establish a faster permit-granting process for renewables. In addition, Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 (10), which lays down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, has introduced temporary emergency rules.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.