The European Commission Presents Its 2030 Clean Energy Package

The European Commission Presents Its 2030 Clean Energy Package

December 8, 2016, Covington Alert

Last week the European Commission presented an extensive package of legislative proposals (“Clean Energy Package”) that are intended to achieve and implement the European Union’s climate change and clean energy targets for 2030: a 40 percent cut of CO2 emissions, a share of 27 percent for renewable energies, and energy savings of 30 percent.