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Progress Report of National renewable energy action plans

EU countries report every two years on progress towards reaching the EU's renewable energy targets for 2020.

Based on national reports and other available data, the European Commission produces an EU-wide report that provides an overview of renewable energy policy developments in EU countries.


The plans must indicate:

• individual renewable energy targets for the electricity, heating and cooling, and transport sectors
• the planned mix of different renewables technologies
• policy measures to achieve national targets including cooperation between local, regional, and national authorities
• any planned statistical transfers and/or joint projects with other countries
• national policies to develop biomass resources
• measures to ensure that biofuels used to meet renewable energy targets are in compliance with the EU's sustainability criteria

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2020 Progress Report

The latest progress report on the implementation of renewable energy was published in October 2020.

It is reported that in 2018 the EU achieved a share of 18.0% (18.9% EU 27) of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption, against a target of at least 20% (20.6 15 % for EU 27) for 2020 and beyond the indicative trajectory of 16% for 2017/2018.

Furthermore, the EU as a whole is also above the slightly more ambitious trajectory defined by the Member States themselves in their National Renewable Energy Action Plans.

In recent years, there has been a steady growth in the overall share of renewable energy sources at EU level and in sectoral shares of renewable energy in electricity, heating and cooling and, to a lesser extent, transport.