Permitting times under RED IV, RePowerEU, and emergency measures

Currently, the European decision-makers are working on several files to accelerate permitting times for renewable energy projects: faster procedures are foreseen under the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED IV) coming out of the RePowerEU plan to speed up the green energy transition and phase out dependence from Russian gas, and the latest emergency measures package. Here we provide an overview of the state of play, highlighting key differences and similarities.