Guidance to facilitate the designation of renewables acceleration areas

The areas excluded from renewable acceleration by the Spanish Royal Decree (Royal Decree-Law 20/2022), which is already in force, NOT SUFFICIENTS, and Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 PONE IN RIESGO LA #BIODIVERSIDAD. The deployment of renewable energy in Spain is being carried out in a chaotic and disorderly manner, without prior planning that identifies and excludes areas of high biodiversity, wetland, grassland and…

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The areas excluded from renewable acceleration by the Spanish Royal Decree (Royal Decree-Law 20/2022) currently in force, NOT SUFFICIENTS and Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 PONE IN RIESGO LA #BIODIVERSIDAD in Spanish territory.

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The areas excluded from renewable acceleration by the Spanish Royal Decree (Royal Decree-Law 20/2022) currently in force, NOT SUFFICIENTS and Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 PONE IN RIESGO LA #BIODIVERSIDAD in Spanish territory.

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The areas excluded from renewable acceleration by the Spanish Royal Decree (Royal Decree-Law 20/2022) currently in force, NOT SUFFICIENTS and Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 PONE IN RIESGO LA #BIODIVERSIDAD in Spanish territory.

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The Wiener Stadtwerke expressly welcomes the designation of acceleration areas in which simplified permit-granting procedures apply and where duplication can be avoided by means of a strategic environmental assessment. Complex and lengthy planning and permitting procedures remain a barrier to the deployment of renewable energy and the associated necessary development of storage and grid infrastructure.

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The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) provides feedback to the European Commission on the upcoming guidance for Member States on designating Renewables Acceleration Areas (RAAs) under the revised EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED).

Galp welcomes the Commission's initiative to publish a document aimed at assisting Member States in defining renewables acceleration areas (RAA). Given the ambitious goals set by European targets for the integration of renewable energies into the EU's energy mix, it is imperative to acknowledge the critical role of incentives and a conducive regulatory framework.

BirdLife supports the prompt and effective designation and operation of RAAs in line with the more detailed comments in the attached document. This will require a step-change in the performance of public authorities and the renewables sector, with significant advances in public awareness, involvement and participation in the climate energy agenda in Member States.

When comparing the Community system with national provisions, the acceleration areas, as defined in the RED III Directive, appear to be the ‘suitable areas of Italian legislation’. In the appropriate Italian areas, under the relevant authorisations issued by the competent authorities, RES plants may be installed and constructed in accordance with the INECP (Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan).

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It is undisputed that in order to achieve climate neutrality and meet the common climate and biodiversity objectives, the Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU) should phase out the use of fossil fuels, strongly reduce energy consumption – through maximum energy efficiency ambition, prioritising electrification and limiting the use of Green Hydrogen to sectors for which there are no viable alternatives – and…

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The Society of Natural History of Ciudad Real believes that the authorities currently do not have detailed information covering the distribution and conservation status of all populations of endangered species likely to be affected by the installation of renewable energy generation plants.

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The areas excluded from renewable acceleration by the Spanish Royal Decree (Royal Decree-Law 20/2022) currently in force, NOT SUFFICIENTS and Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 PONE IN RIESGO LA #BIODIVERSIDAD in Spanish territory.

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After the raft of legislation on permitting recently put forward via various legislative vehicles, we believe it is crucial to provide the maximum support at EU level to achieve full and consistent national implementation across Member States (MS) and to reduce regulatory uncertainty currently faced by market players.

The areas excluded from renewable acceleration by the Spanish Royal Decree (Royal Decree-Law 20/2022) currently in force, NOT SUFFICIENTS and Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 PONE IN RIESGO LA #BIODIVERSIDAD in Spanish territory.

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The Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the call for evidence with regard to the upcoming guidance on designating renewables acceleration areas. We, at RGI, acknowledge that, if well designed, the renewables acceleration areas, envisaged in Art.

ClientEarth welcomes the Commissions initiative to provide guidance to the Member States in the mapping and designation of renewables acceleration areas. While it is pivotal for the clean energy transition that the EU become more energy-independent and resilient, safeguards for environmental protection and peoples rights must be upheld in this process.

The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) welcomes this initiative aimed at providing guidance to Member States in their implementation of RED III concerning the designation of renewables acceleration areas.

ENGIE welcomes DG ENER's consultation on guidance for the designation of RES Acceleration Areas by Member States (MS). While these areas, if designated in an efficient and coordinated manner, are a source of leverage to achieve the EU's 2030 RES target, they should in no way reduce the deployment of RES in or outside these areas due to lengthy administrative procedures.

As part of the process of didentification of acceleration areas provided for in the revision of the RED, the EBU recommends that certain tools and practices be used by the Commission when drawing up its guidelines, namely: I – ASSOCIER THE TERRITORIES ON THE AREAS acceleration to associate the designation of areas with consideration of electricity grid planning: in association with network operators, in particular…

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This feedback was developed in collaboration with a number of IIGCC members but does not necessarily represent the views of the entire membership, either individually or collectively. Priorities: Permitting. Accelerated permitting both for new renewable energy construction and for grid infrastructure.

EGEC, the voice of the European geothermal industry, is a not-for-profit association representing the entire value-chain of the industry across 28 countries. We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Commissions guidelines on designating renewables acceleration areas (RAAs) and highlight the following (see attached document).

Green Power Denmark thanks for the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission’s initiative to provide guidance to Member States on the identification of renewables acceleration areas. Green Power Denmark commends as a starting point the initiative on renewables acceleration areas, on the understanding that it will accelerate the expansion of RES and will neither delay nor prevent RES projects as…

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ESTELAs position on Renewable energy - guidance on designating renewables acceleration areas The European Solar Thermal Electricity Association (ESTELA) is a non-profit industry organization to promote the deployment of all Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) technologies in Europe, the European countries and other member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean.

WWF-Romania is welcoming the publication of this Call for evidence on wind ad solar energy acceleration areas. In our view, other types of renewables such as hydropower and biomass cannot be taken into consideration for acceleration areas and simplified development/authorization procedures, due to their significant pressures on water and forest resources.

The Association of Municipalities would like to thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Commission’s initiative. The Association of Municipalities represents 309 municipalities in Finland, whose statutory tasks include urban planning and land management, the organisation of water and waste management and the provision of environmental services.

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The SNCF group welcomes the Commission’s initiative to issue guidelines to the Member States for the adoption of their national plans for the acceleration of renewable energy sources. The consultation will make it possible to compile best practices at European level in order to effectively guide the implementation of Directive 2023/2413. The SNCF group calls for the swift adoption of these national plans.

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Renewable acceleration areas should not be designated for hydropowerat all, because the impact of a single investment on a river affects the entire river from source to mouth, including tributaries and the entire catchment area. Thus, the impact determined for an area cannot be limited to that area and thus mitigation measures cannot be apllied.

EREF welcomes the plans to accelerate and simplify permit granting procedures for renewable energy development, as foreseen in the amended Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII). With climate change progressing faster than envisaged, decarbonisation of our societies and industries must take place much faster.

Climate action: renewable energy production must be produced and consumed locally. Energy transport is not sustainable and also has many energy losses. In Spain as a result of energy poverty, food poverty also creates social inequalities and destruction of terrestrial ecosystems. #Poverty4meEnergy4EU

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BayWa r.e. welcomes the opportunity given to stakeholders to express their views on the deployment of renewable energy acceleration areas following the adoption of the Renewable Energy Directive at the end of 2023. A critical aspect to address is the harmonization of the legislative framework and the coordination among authorities involved in the permitting process to eliminate bottlenecks.

Heating and cooling accounts for half of Europes energy demand and remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels. The potential of local clean and renewable heat sources is significant in Europe and heavily untapped, and district heating and cooling is a solution which could deliver such sustainable heat sources to households, services and industries.

In developing the guidelines to implement the rules outlined in Article 15 of RED 2023/2413, and in line with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, ESB would like to propose some considerations for inclusion in the guidelines. Our comments are somewhat broader than Article 15c, also including observations on implementing Article 15b.

Dear Members of the European Commission, Enel SpA, an international power company, highly appreciates the possibility to provide feedback on the Guidance on designating renewables acceleration areas. Enel believes that this initiative can be an important tool to help unblock the obstacles preventing the advance of renewable sources, enabling the achievement of the objectives of the EU Green Deal and REPowerEU.

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence on guidance on designating renewables acceleration areas which will be provided by the Commission as part of the revised Renewable Energy Directive. Overall, Europes seaports welcome the recently revised Renewable Energy Directive 2023/2413.

From the point of view of an urban municipality which is geographically disadvantaged, we would consider it valuable if the guidelines provide guidance and innovative approaches to fair balance between areas with few and areas that have many opportunities to generate energy from renewable sources, especially since urban areas are clearly at a disadvantage here, but tend to consume less energy per person and guidance…

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The Renewable Heating & Cooling Alliance (RHC Alliance) seeks to accelerate the deployment of solar thermal, geothermal, heat pumps and efficient district heating and cooling systems to deliver the binding 2030 renewable energy and climate targets as well as making buildings, agriculture and industry fit for a zero-emission Europe before 2050.

Enedis, the largest electricity DSO in Europe, serves 36 million connected customers and operates 95% of the French metropolitan territory. In France, 90% of renewable energy sources are connected to the public distribution network, highlighting the critical correlation between the presence of renewable energies and the necessity for a well-developed distribution network.

Lightsource bp welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback for the European Commission's upcoming Guidance on designating renewables acceleration areas. To ensure that RAAs function as an effective tool for accelerated renewable deployment at the service of the REPower EU objectives, we would like to make the following recommendations.

The dramatic events of recent years highlight the urgency of renewable energy expansion. Due to this extraordinary situation, extraordinary measures are needed to massively speed up permit-granting procedures to ensure our energy security while meeting our climate goals.

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Repsol appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback in this call for evidence regarding Renewable Energy Acceleration Areas, after the adoption of the RED III. We would like to express that Repsol advocates for a broad perspective that includes all technologies capable of producing renewable energy. However, the consultation appears to exclusively address wind and solar power.

The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Region, SALAR, wishes to highlight the need to respect the administrative division of tasks and competence in MS and the need to ensure that a part of the revenues or production from renewable energy will benefit the local area. These are important factors to facilitate the increased production of renewable energy, including public acceptance.

CEE Bankwatch Network welcomes the improvement in spatial planning and the clarity that acceleration areas have the potential to bring for investors as the EU strives to ramp up its renewable energy share. But we remain highly concerned about the rollback of environmental safeguards and public participation provisions in the latest updates to the Renewable Energy Directive.

Article 22 of the RED II requires Member States to create an enabling framework to promote the development of RECs. These enabling frameworks must include policies and measures to remove unjustified regulatory and administrative barriers, while also measures that provide fair, proportionate, and transparent registration and licensing procedures for renewable projects of RECs, among other things.

Bellona welcomes the Commissions initiative to provide guidance on designating renewable acceleration areas. The proposal holds significant promise in accelerating the deployment of renewable energy to meet the EU targets. The renewable acceleration areas outlined in Article 15c of RED hold significant promise as instrumental mechanisms for expediting the deployment of renewable energy sources within the EU.

Europe's Green Deal aims to put citizens at the heart of the energy transition by ensuring fairness and inclusiveness. This follows the Clean Energy for All Europeans legislative package (CEP), which acknowledges active customers, renewables self-consumers, renewable energy communities (RECs), and citizens energy communities (CECs) as distinct market actors in the energy transition.

Summary: ERG Feedback on Advancing Renewable Energy Deployment in the European Union Introduction The ERG Group is an independent producer of energy from renewable sources: ERG is the leading wind operator in Italy, among the top ten in the European onshore wind market, and active in solar power generation and energy storage systems.

CAN Europe welcomes this opportunity to provide input to the development of guidelines for designating renewables acceleration areas. Our input as the attached briefing titled "Renewable Energy Planning and Mapping for Successful Acceleration with Nature and Communities at Its Heart: Guiding Principles for Member States," emphasises the need for EU Member States to drastically shift towards a fully renewable energy…

Solar Heat Europe (SHE), the voice of the European solar thermal industry, highlights 4 priorities: 1. Enlarge the scope of these guidelines and specify that RAAs are for ALL renewables, including solar thermal; 2. Designate RAAs for solar thermal close to high heat demand areas, such as cities; 3. Establish synergies between RAAs and the local H&C plans required by the EED; 4.

TNC welcomes the inclusion in the RED of the concept of Renewables Acceleration Areas (RAAs), as well as the commitment in the Wind Power Action Plan to deliver dedicated, new Guidance to help Member States navigate the designation process.

The Bundesverband Erdgas, Erdöl and Geoenergie e.V. (BVEG) welcomes the Accele-RES initiative, which aims to speed up the transposition and implementation of the recently revised Renewable Energy Directive ((EU) 2023/2413) and to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy projects.

Offshore renewable energy is an important part of promoting the European energy transition towards a resilient and fully decarbonised economy, but it should be seen from the perspective of the increasing degradation of the health of our ocean.

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As the processes for designating RES priority areas and for implementing the Council Regulation are already well established in Germany, supplementary Guidance is not needed from BDEWs point of view. Furthermore, the drafting of the Guidance is taking place in parallel with national transposition of RED III in certain Member States.

EDP welcomes the provisions on renewables acceleration areas in the revised RED and the EC commitment to accelerate the transposition of the new permitting legal framework and the implementation of such areas. To achieve 2030 renewable energy targets, the EU shall essentially double wind and PV installed capacity.

A2A welcomes the opportunity to provide suggestions on the upcoming European Commissions guidance document on designating renewable go-to areas under the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED). To unlock the renewable energy potential of the European Union, Member States must proceed swiftly to identify dedicated go-to areas where renewable energy projects can benefit from clearer, faster, and simpler permitting…

IBERDROLA welcomes the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED) in terms of permitting issues, and the EC initiative to provide practical guidance to Member States (MS) for the identification and designation of Renewables Acceleration Areas (RAA) for wind and solar onshore projects.

Seas At Risk (SAR) welcomes this opportunity to provide input to the development of guidelines for mapping acceleration areas for renewable energy. Our input focusses on guidelines for offshore renewable energy (ORE) and draws on our paper Planning offshore renewable energy with nature in mind - Seas At Risk (seas-at-risk.org)…

The French Shellfish Farming Committee would like to draw your attention to key elements to make sure that the acceleration of renewable energy, in particular of offshore windpower, also contributes to the EUs aquaculture development ambitions and to nature protection and restoration.

— NEs (and thus offshore wind) are necessary to achieve the objectives of the betting agreement – Offshore wind is necessary but it is not important how or anywhere: outside the GPA, with robust environmental studies, real respect for the precautionary principle, and an ENERGETIQUE SOBRIER – Maritime Spatial Planning must be crossed with the growing degradation of the ocean: the notion of cumulative impacts is very…

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WWF is welcoming the publication of this Call for evidence on an important and timely topic. We very much welcome that this Call only focuses on wind and solar, as we strongly advocate for the exclusion of new hydropower facilities and biomass in Renewables Acceleration Areas (RAAs). The EU needs to massively deploy wind and solar energy to achieve our energy transition and move away from fossil fuels.

It is important to allow for and foster the economical and ecological reasonable energy supply. To do so, renewable (solar tharmal, PV, wind) energies shall be supported un-biased and fair. Greenwashing of fossil based or in-economical solutions shall not further be subsidized.

The Danish Biogas Association (Biogas Danmark) represents all the stakeholders in the biogas sector in Denmark including biogas/biomethane producers, technology suppliers, consultants, financial institutions, knowledge institutions, suppliers of sustainable feedstock and users of both the renewable energy and the digestate as an improved recirculated fertilizer.

Statkraft would like to thank the European Commission for the opportunity to respond to the call for evidence to aid member states to create sustainable and efficient Renewable Acceleration Areas (RAAs) by 21. February 2026. The Accele-RES initiative will be an important contribution to the establishment of these RAAs.

The revised Renewable Energy Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) requires Member States to designate renewables acceleration areas for one or more types of renewable energy sources by 21 February 2026. The European Commission will issue a guidance to Member States on designating renewables acceleration areas by April 2024.

We consider it very good for planning the development of RES installations undertaken under RED 3. Italian experience illustrates the need for careful planning of the development of renewable energy, as the recent aggressive deployment of RES industrial installations in our country has, in the absence of safe rules and planning, led to a wide industrialisation and trialisation of the territory, damaging the…

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The Netherlands Association for Renewable Energy (NVDE) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence on guidelines for identifying Renewable Energy Acceleration Areas that will be provided by the Commission as part of the revised Renewable Energy Directive. By giving feedback, we hope to contribute to speed up the designation of renewable energy acceleration areas.

It is critical that the following criteria are followed: — Priority in urban areas, nearby (-10 km) areas of consumption – Equitable distribution between urban and rural areas. — Participation of all the territories involved, in energy generation and taking on the burden. — Avoid saturation or overweight of some districts compared with the rest.

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The Association of Producers and Importers of Heating Equipment, as a representative of the installation and heating industry in Poland, was invited to consult the European Commission's guidelines regarding the designation of areas for accelerated development of renewable energy sources (RAA).

Comments ON THE DESIGNATION OF AEELERATION OF RENOVABLE ENERGY AREA – The deployment of renewable energy in Spain is being carried out in a chaotic and disorderly manner, without prior planning that identifies and excludes areas of high biodiversity, wetland, grassland and crops of biodiversity value.

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We would hereby like to support the message delivered via Solar Heat Europe (see attached document) concerning the fact that renewable heating and solar thermal are often ignored in European and national legislation.

The German Wind Energy Association (BWE) welcomes the inclusion of provisions in the revised RED that allow Member States to identify and designate areas for expedited permitting processes for all renewable energy sources. We support the European Commission's intention to provide guidance to assist Member States in implementing these rules.

EirGrid is the Irish Transmission System Operator (TSO), responsible for developing, managing, and operating the onshore electricity transmission system in Ireland, including exploring and implementing opportunities for interconnection. In 2021, EirGrids role as TSO was expanded to incorporate the operation and ownership of Irelands offshore electricity transmission grid.

It is imperative that local governments have a say in the allocation of renewable energy acceleration zones. Given the very high number of local governments in Europe, and particularly in some Member States, such participation could be facilitated on the regional level by the relevant planning authorities with the input of local/regional energy agencies.

Thanking European Commission for the opportunity to contribute to the consultation on Renewable energy - guidance on designating renewables acceleration area, the Azoty Capital Group, which is a leader in the Polish fertiliser market and one of the key capital groups in the fertiliser and chemical industry in Europe, encloses its position on the consultation.

In response to the European Commission's call for evidence regarding Renewable Acceleration Areas, Eurogas appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback following the recent adoption of the RED III. However, we express concern regarding the limited focus of the consultation, which appears to exclusively address wind and solar power.

ENDESA, part of the ENEL Group, highly appreciates the EC initiative to provide to the Member States with Guidelines regarding the designation of renewable energy acceleration zone in accordance with the Renewable Energy Directive.

Energy Cities believes that mapping and planning are fundamental steps towards achieving our common 2030 climate targets, but when guiding national governments in the identification of acceleration areas, there should be some key aspects to be kept in mind: Local governments involvement Municipalities should be involved in a meaningful way in the identification of such areas.

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Heating and cooling (H&C) accounts for half of EUs energy consumption and still relies heavily on fossil fuels, including imports from Russia. Its decarbonisation must become a priority for EU, national, and local policymakers to achieve climate neutrality and energy security in Europe.

Please find in the attached file some proposals from Federbeton (the Italian Federation representing the cement and concrete industry and their value chain) and Anepla (the Italian Association of Stone Extractors and Related Industries) on areas where an acceleration of administrative procedures and a promotion of renewable energy production facilities installation would be appropriate.

Ladies and gentlemen, the NABU Bundesverband expressly welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to develop in a timely manner a guidance document on the designation of the acceleration areas and to incorporate input and experience from the Member States.

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The deployment of acceleration areas should be encouraged in terms of political intent for renewable energy. They make it possible to increase the acceptability of future projects by involving the population in consultation as soon as possible.

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The environmental group MEDITERRANEO believes that renewable installations should be confined to industrial soils, abandoned quarries, motorway slopes, residential and industrial ceilings. In general, any land except environmental or heritage protected areas, natural and forest soils, fertile soils and public soils

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Feedback of RWE An effective implementation of renewables acceleration areas for speeding up the EUs energy transition Summary: RWE generally welcomes the revised Directive (EU) 2023/2413 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (RED), which has the potential to significantly contribute to the achievement of the EU renewable energy targets.

EuroGeoSurveys (https://eurogeosurveys.org/) and the Geological Service for Europe (GSEU - https://www.geologicalservice.eu/) project welcome the recognition of the key role of the subsurface in acceleration of renewable energy.

In the Renewable Energy Directive, RAAs are clearly open to all renewable sources, including solar thermal; yet the Call for evidence refers only to wind and solar projects, where solar is used implicitly and incorrectly to refer solely to solar PV.

HSE Group remains strongly committed to contributing to achieving the European Green Deals objective of climate neutrality by 2050 and welcomes the European Commissions proposal that aims to prepare the guidance on designating renewables acceleration areas.The reform of climate and energy legislation as part of the Fit for 55 and REPowerEU package marks an important step towards enabling Member States to accelerate…

The European Biogas Association welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commission initiative to provide guidance to Member States on designating renewables acceleration areas. By 21 February 2026, Member States are required to designate renewables acceleration areas for one or more types of renewable energy sources, in accordance with the revised Renewable Energy Directive (Directive (EU)…

Innargi welcomes the provisions in the revised Renewable Energy Directive on the possibility for Member States to identify and designate areas with accelerated permitting procedures for all renewable energy sources according to their potential in the respective Member State as well as the intention of the European Commission to issue guidance to support the implementation by Member States.

Offshore renewable energy is an important part of promoting the European energy transition towards a resilient and fully decarbonised economy, but it should be seen from the perspective of the increasing degradation of the health of our ocean.

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The European Union wants to be climate neutral by 2050. Wind energy will play the biggest role in providing clean and competitive power: it is set to generate 50% of Europes electricity by 2050. And wind energy will be key for Europes energy security as mandated in the EUs REPowerEU strategy and the Wind Power Package. However, the EU is building only just over half the wind volumes it needs to reach its objectives.

The rapid roll-out of renewable energy is one of the key elements for achieving the EU’s net zero target by 2050. The obligation laid down in the amended Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) to designate acceleration areas for renewable energy under Article 15c in conjunction with Article 15b of the RED III is an important step in this direction, which the Deutsche Braunkohlen-Industrie-Verein e.V.

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The Port of Rotterdam and Deltalinqs welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence on guidelines for identifying renewable energy acceleration areas that will be provided by the Commission as part of the revised Renewable Energy Directive. Ports are the central link of supply chains and are major hubs of energy. As a result, ports play a crucial role in realizing the energy transition.

Northern Ostrobothnia and the rest of Northern Finland have huge potential for wind and solar power. Investments in energy production in the region have been made in recent years, in particular in wind power. More than 40 % of Finland’s wind power generation is produced in the North Ostrobothnia region.

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The Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) supports the European Commission’s development of guidelines for the designation of acceleration areas. The designation of acceleration areas should be based on a multi-criterial balancing exercise.

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Polish Electricity Association position on Renewable energy - guidance on designating renewables acceleration areas Given that Member States have to designate renewables acceleration areas for renewable energy technologies by 21 February 2026, Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) welcomes the Commission initiative to issue guidance on this matter.

The aim of the guideline is to designate renewables acceleration areas that are not likely to have a significant impact on the environment. Of particular importance for Vorarlberg are acceleration areas for wind and solar energy. Due to the limited topographical conditions in Vorarlberg, environmental impacts may be particularly relevant in the Alpine region.

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To reach climate neutrality by 2050, and to strengthen Europes global leadership in renewables, new innovations must be brought to market this decade. Renewables acceleration areas will be crucial in deploying the demonstration and pre-commercial projects that are needed for emerging technologies to get to industrial roll-out.

Problem: Sometimes a wind turbine with a tip height of 250 metres is planned at 70 metres from a national border. This creates a particular problem. Residents in country A decide directly or indirectly democratically on locations, standards and policies around wind turbines, while residents in country B face the consequences. They can turn to country A for the laws in country A, but they have no influence over them.

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Renewable energy guidance on the designation of renewables acceleration areas in the ocean – Contribution from ANP | WWF, Sciaena, SPEA and ZERO (ONGAs of Portugal) General considerations Offshore renewable energy is an important part of promoting the European energy transition towards a resilient and fully decarbonised economy, but it should be considered from the perspective of the increasing degradation of the…

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The designation of renewable energy acceleration areas is very problematic because it should take into account factors such as the protection of PAISAJE, which now exists, at least in Spain has not been considered (no transposition of the European Directive) and dialogue with the area’s SOCIAL AGENTS.

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The mapping of favourable areas (under article 15b) and acceleration areas (under article 15c) are two distinct processes that can be performed simultaneously or individually. Before entering into the details of how to perform mapping, it is paramount to consider the following principles: 1. The mapping should be technology-specific and should be focused on ground-mounted solar PV.

Wind energy: the ultimate solution or driver of the next crisis? There is now scientific consensus that the global Covid crisis and beyond the climate crisis are only a finger exercise for the huge crisis that has emerged behind it: the biodiversity crisis.

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The EWS welcomes the provisions made in the revised Renewable Energy Directive for the designation of areas with accelerated permitting procedures. If adopted properly into national law, wind and solar projects in the member states can profit from significantly reduced approval times. This measure should be applied to other decarbonisation technologies.

VDV (336456712900-02) stresses a key point for the accelerated deployment of onshore wind. This point concerns the commercial bias employed by the wind industry for maximum profit and a highly questionable service to the citizen. A sector, therefore, which has its economic model only in the hunting of subsidies and subsidies.

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As a leading EV charging management provider in Europe, we hereby provide a number of reasons for Member States to stimulate the increase of the share of EVs in the total autopark. This would lead to increased demand for renewable energy, which should accelerate investment in further RE energy capacity.

The Association of South Ostrobothnia’s comments on fast-development regions should focus on regions where different forms of renewable energy, in particular hybrid solar and wind power generation, are concentrated in the same regions and thus bring significant synergies.

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Suggestions on the designation of renewable energy acceleration zones. In the framework of the project AMBIOSOLAR (PI: Dr. Valera, EEZA/CSIC) we are analysing the deployment of solar energy in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, in order to make proposals to meet EU environmental objectives. Some of our results are: 1.- Valera et al.

In addition to the designation of wind and PV acceleration areas, hydropower, including small hydropower, must not be ignored. Small hydropower actively contributes to grid stability, provides security of supply and black start capability. Austria’s ambitious target of increasing hydropower to 20 305 TWh can only be achieved if the expansion/authorisation procedure is accelerated.

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The designation of acceleration areas for the construction of renewable energy plants is to be welcomed. Experience with the implementation of projects in pre-existing priority areas for e.g. wind turbines shows that planning of such areas should not be based solely on regulatory frameworks such as landscape, species and monuments.

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Design of the guide: In the view of the EnBW, the guide should not be sufficiently detailed in terms of bureaucracy to delay transposition in the Member States. It should therefore not stand in the way of detailed rules, which are already in the process of being implemented, which are already in the process of being implemented. The most important is the rapid designation of areas and the acceleration of permits.

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The European Wind Energy Action Plan and the rapid implementation and application of RED III are of particular importance for the development of renewable energy in Europe. We therefore welcome a timely publication by the Commission of the guidelines for the designation of renewables acceleration areas.

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We already consider the Directive on mandatory designation of acceleration areas (albeit fatal) for one or more technologies in the Member States by 21 February 2026. Each State has its own energy production priorities, such as France with the priority construction of nuclear power plants, and does not want to speed up the development of wind and solar installations at all.

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Dear EU. Onshore wind turbines, especially in border areas, pose problems in practice everywhere because there are no clear agreements/rules that are the same for all countries. We see many energy projects with cross-border effects. Germany places wind turbines as close as possible or practically to the border of the Netherlands, with consequences for people, nature and living environment.

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Stadtwerke München welcomes the provisions made in the revised Renewable Energy Directive for the designation of areas with accelerated permitting procedures. This is an important step towards the further and faster expansion of urgently needed renewable energy plants. It is of great importance in the implementation that all existing renewable technologies are considered equally in the corresponding areas.

Buongiorno, in my view, there should be an analysis of the vocation of the places. Where there are identity assets, mozzled passages, places where tourism is the driving economy of that country, incentives should be given to the installation of alternative energies, such as photovoltaic panels above the roofs of houses, buildings, industrial areas and wind blades should be installed only in areas where there are…

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In the Austrian provinces of Lower Austria and Burgenland, there are zonings for wind and photovoltaic installations. When defining fast-track areas for the development of renewable energies, the EU should base itself on the procedure for designating these allocations.

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We cannot poison our landscape and seas, destroying farms and fisheries alike, in the name of unreliable, inefficient renewables under a false pretext they will have any impact on climate change. Learn from countries like Germany and Sweden that are bitterly regretting such folly and stop this madness now.