Table 1 Relevant EU’s and PR China’s energy- and climate-related policies in the context of renewable energy (2000–2022)
Year | EU’s RE policies | PR China’s RE policies |
|---|---|---|
2000 | European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) | 2000–2015 Main Points of Development Planning of New Energy and Renewable Energy Industry |
2005 | Â | Renewable Energy Law |
2006 | Green Paper—A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy | a) 11th FYP for National Economic and Social Development b) Medium and Long-Term Plan of Renewable energy (2007) c) Revision of the Renewable Energy Law (2009) |
2008 | 2020 climate and energy package | |
2009 | Directive 2009/28/EC on promoting the use of RES (EU target of 20% RES by 2020) | |
2011 | Energy Roadmap 2050 | a) 12th FYP for National Economic and Social Development b) Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of Ecological Civilisation (2015) |
2013 | Green Paper: A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies | |
2015 | Energy Union | |
2016 | Clean Energy for all Europeans | 13th FYP for National Economic and Social Development |
2018 | Revised Renewable Energy Directive (32% RES target by 2030) | |
2019 | European Green Deal | |
2021 | a) Fit for 55 b) The 2030 targets: EC proposal to raise target for 2030 to 40% RES in the EU’s energy mix | a) 14th FYP for National Economic and Social Development b) Draft of the Energy Law |
2022 | REPowerEU Plan: EC proposal to raise target for 2030 to 45% RES in the EU’s energy mix |