The RAA-PERMIT-BOOST project has been launched with a kick-off meeting in Brussels in June, hosted by the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF). The meeting brought together the ten-partner consortium to align on the project's objectives and workplan and to set out the tasks ahead. RAA-PERMIT-BOOST runs from 2026 to 2028 and is funded under the EU LIFE Programme.

RAA-PERMIT-BOOST aims to help EU Member States put Renewables Acceleration Areas (RAAs) into practice under the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III, Article 15c). The project equips public authorities and stakeholders with practical, reusable guidance and hands-on support to designate and operationalise RAAs and to speed up the permitting of renewable energy projects, while strengthening public acceptance and safeguarding biodiversity. To do this, the project follows a MAP, LEARN, APPLY and DISSEMINATE sequence across the EU-27, producing a living repository of knowledge, 27 country fiches, in-depth case studies, two Communities of Practice and a set of practical tools for authorities. After the project, the communities and key outputs will migrate to a European Centre of Excellence, so they remain openly accessible and maintained.

eclareon leads the project's analytical backbone, including the EU-wide database, mapping how EU Member States are fast-tracking renewable energy permitting under RED III and spotlighting clean energy "pioneers" and "learners" across the Union. The initial results from the first monitoring round on RAAs should be published in late 2026.

The work is coordinated by Th!nkE and carried out together with project partners eclareon, Ecorys, Austrian Energy Agency, Nature Conservancy, ICLEI Europe, EUFORES, EREF, and Civitta.