The aim of the SET Plan is to support the 20% renewables target for 2020 by increasing the use of ‘clean’ or low GHG-emitting energy technologies. One of the key technologies it identifies is wind energy, and to this effect, the wind energy sector will be invited to submit a European Wind initiative, involving public-private partnerships. The details of the initiative are yet to be defined.

The European Commission had called on the European Council and Parliament to support the SET-Plan proposal, and the Council’s conclusions to the SET-Plan were agreed by the Energy Ministers on 28 February and adopted by the Heads of State on 13-14 March.

In the European Parliament, the ITRE committee ( Committee on Industry, Research and Energy) also debated the SET-Plan on 28 February and will draft their conclusions for 28 May. A plenary vote is scheduled for July.

Council press release on the outcome of the Energy Council