EC: publication of a guidance on barriers to the deployment of innovative forms of renewable energy

A notice on a guidance on innovative technologies and forms of renewable energy deployment, released by the European Commission, has been published in the Official Journal of the EU on 09/01/2026.

The text identifies the main specific barriers limiting the current role of these innovations, in order to help Member States to achieve the indicative target introduced in the revised "Renewable Energy Directive" (RED) of "5% of newly installed renewable energy capacity by 2030".

Despite an acceleration of the deployment of these technologies, "the Clean Industrial Deal identified the need for annually installing 100 GW of renewable electricity capacity up to 2030, to reach 1 292 GW", stressed the European Commission.

Thereby the guidance proposes to identify :
• "the barriers associated with the regulatory framework affecting these forms of deployment and technologies and good practices to address them,
• then those related to the financial framework under which they can take place,
• and finally those related to knowledge of and expertise in these forms of deployment and innovative…