D4.1 - NECP Man0EUvRE vision: Analyses of the NECPs of the considered countries

Executive Summary

The development of the energy system at both national and European levels requires effective coordination between national and European energy transition plans, to ensure consistency. The overall aim of this project is to improve and coordinate energy system modelling across Europe and provide open scientific evidence and research-based results that facilitate ambitious emissions reductions for a clean energy transition (CET), while incorporating the measures suggested in REPowerEU and recent policy suggestions of the Fit for 55 package and the Net Zero Industrial act. The objectives of Man0EUvRE are:
1. To develop robust pathways for the European energy system that meet climate targets towards net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and consider current policies like the REPowerEU plan.
2. To provide feedback and advice to the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) of the individual EU countries.
3. To improve a set of models for conducting energy transition studies at both European and national level, which can support NECP generation, evaluation and future updates.
4. To publish consistent energy system modelling datasets and scenario projections at both European and national level.
5. To strengthen the coordination between national energy plans and EU-wide transition goals.
As part of the Clean Energy for all Europeans package, the EU member states have submitted national energy and climate plans (NECP) covering the period 2021-2030 and addressing how the country will work towards the binding targets common for the EU. NECPs are conducted in each member state individually, each one having its own representation of European strategies and pathways. One objective of Man0EuvRE was then to evaluate the current available NECPs or equivalent for countries included in Man0EuvRE, to develop a methodology for how Man0EUvRE models can be used in NECP analyses and how national results could be replicated to other countries, to communicate with stakeholders and to develop advice and recommendations to the NECP responsible in each country.
The current deliverable consists of the first step towards recommendations for the NECP process. It includes analyses about the NECPs for Spain, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Turkey, Greece, France, Portugal, and Hungary. A section is devoted to each country, and is composed of the following subsections:
- A summary of the NECP of the country
- A comparison of the NECP with the NECP Essentials scenario
- Lessons and recommendations from the case study conducted on the country in WP3
- Feedback from stakeholders

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Funding

This research was funded by CETPartnership, the European Partnership under Joint Call 2022 for research proposals, co-funded by the European Commission (GA N°101069750) and with the funding organisations listed on the CETPartnership website.