Cost-efficient and sustainable deployment of renewable energy sources towards the EU 20% target by 2020, and beyond (RES4LESS)

The project aims to develop a roadmap to a cost effective deployment of RES in the period up to 2020 and 2030. In the project we will both analyze the time frames 2010 to 2020, and 2020 to 2030 respectively. The latter time frame is important as post 2020 targets and ambitions are to be expected and also in terms of focusing on the longer term aspects and to analyze possible lock-in situations. The roadmap will identify a potential RES development pathway, including the required cross-border cooperation mechanisms, and the potential cost/benefits that arise from cross-border cooperation in comparison to a more national, fragmented approach to achieving national RES targets. In order to design the Roadmap, the project will identify surplus potentials of RES, in particular wind energy, biomass and solar energy in EU27+. We will start with a preliminary estimate of the RES surpluses using the information from the National Renewable Action Plans (NREAPs) of the individual Member States.