The European Union has taken several initiatives to accelerate
the roll-out of renewable energy development, key among which is
streamlining and expediting permit-granting procedures under the
Renewable Energy Directive ("RED III"), at Articles
15b to 17.
The permit-granting procedure
The permit-granting procedure covers all relevant administrative
permits to build, repower and operate renewable energy plants,
(including those combining different renewable energy sources),
heat pumps, and co-located energy storage, (including power and
thermal facilities), as well as assets necessary for the connection
of such plants, heat pumps and storage to the grid, and to
integrate renewable energy into heating and cooling networks,
including grid-connection permits and, where required,
environmental assessments.
