The renewable energy framework indicator provides an annual assessment of the framework conditions for PV and wind energy onshore deployment on Member State level.

It aims to serve as a transparent tool to monitor the political and regulatory framework conditions for the diffusion of these two major RE technologies in the EU Member States.

The indicator applies a proven methodology (see [insert reference]) to provide standardized assessments for each Member State which helps to analyse and compare the boundary conditions for renewable energy deployment and to identify barriers and policy gaps as well as best practices.  

The indicator consists of 4 major categories which are structured into 16 sub-categories that draw upon 30 individual indicators (see box below for details).

The indicators cover a broad range of political, regulatory, economic and non-economic determinants framing RE diffusion in order to reflect the whole range of decision-making criteria of potential RE project developers and investors.

To construct the overall renewable energy framework indicator score:

• Each of the 30 individual indicator values is normalized to a numeric value ranging between 0 and 1.
• Where required (i.e. for sub-categories with >1 indicator) the individual indicator values per sub-category are aggregated (averaged).
• Each of the 16 sub-category value is weighted according to its relevance for the RE diffusion process.
• The applied weighting factors are empirically-based values generated through a large-scale survey among RE-experts (see [insert reference]).
• The overall indicator value is obtained by multiplying the 16 weighted sub-category values (multiplicative aggregation). This approach takes account of the impact of blocking factors, i.e. a score of zero for one category leads to an overall indicator score of zero. 

 Structure of the Renewable Energy Framework indicator