On July 1, in a new proposal submitted to the European Union for the National Energy and Climate Integrated Plan (PNIEC), the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) stated that by 2030, 65% of Italy's electricity generation will come from renewable sources. energy. At the same time, it is planned that by the end of this century, 40% of the total energy demand and 65% of electricity consumption will come from renewable energy sources. Under this plan, renewable energy would account for 37 percent of the cooling and heating sector, 31 percent of the transport sector and 42 percent of hydrogen capacity for industrial use. Italy's rooftop solar market has more than doubled in the last year, backed by relevant policies. The Italian government has simplified the application process and provided more than $200 million in funding for rooftop PV deployment in early 2022.
According to the "2022 European Climate Status Report" released at the end of last month, in 2022, the power generation capacity of renewable energy in Europe will exceed that of fossil fuels for the first time: wind power and solar power will account for 22.3% of the EU's electricity, exceeding that of fossil fuels (20%). It is reported that in Italy's updated national energy and climate comprehensive plan, the share of renewable energy in the total final energy consumption is 40%, while the proportion only used for electricity consumption has risen to 65%. Of this, 37% of renewable energy was used for heating and cooling, and 31% for transport.
According to Reuters, Italy's energy ministry said the new plan to increase the share of renewable energy was a slight increase from the target announced three years ago. And in its latest national renewable energy tender, Italy has signed contracts for 200MW of solar photovoltaic projects and a large number of wind power projects.
In addition, Spain has similar actions in terms of renewable energy policies. Spain, one of the pioneers in the European renewable energy industry, has invested heavily in solar and wind power over the past decade. Moreover, Spain adopted onshore wind power technology earlier, so the current onshore wind power generation accounts for more than 20% of the country's power generation. In recent years, Spain has also invested heavily in the field of solar photovoltaics, increasing the generation of renewable energy.
On June 28, it can be seen from the new national energy and climate plan announced by the Spanish government that the new plan has made a substantial increase in the goal of using solar energy, wind energy and other types of renewable energy for power generation in 2030. According to the new plan, the proportion of renewable energy power generation in Spain will reach 81% in 2030. In addition, the new plan raised the 2030 solar PV installation target from 37GW to more than 76GW.
And in Germany, more than half of electricity demand will be met by renewable energy in the first half of 2023