# European Commission presents REPowerEU plan to accelerate renewables and reduce Russian fossil-fuel dependence

Date: 2022

On 18 May 2022 the European Commission presented the REPowerEU Plan, combining energy savings, supply diversification and faster clean-energy deployment. Its accompanying documents proposed a higher renewables ambition, a solar strategy, faster renewable-project permitting and a financing framework. This record covers the Commission plan and its concrete policy instruments, not every later implementation outcome.

## People

- Kadri Simson: https://factrail.ai/people/kadri-simson

## Drivers

- Renewable capacity buildout: https://factrail.ai/drivers/energy-renewable-buildout

## Sources

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## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/energy-fact-repowereu-2022