Renewable Energy Directive trilogue cancelled, green transition at an impasse (Updated)

On 7 February 2023, the European Commission, the Parliament, and the Council were due to reunite for interinstitutional negotiations on the Renewable Energy Directive. Topics for discussion included bioenergy and the use of renewables in the transport sector. However, as there was no progress on the definition of renewable hydrogen by the Commission, Markus Pieper, the Directive’s rapporteur, argued that it is hard to define these sectoral objectives without it and cancelled the trilogue.