Malta s 2030 National Energy and Climate Plan.

Malta s National Energy and Climate Plan is a national cross sectoral plan of Malta for the period 2019-2030.
It follows the scope of the Energy Union and covers its five dimensions: decarbonisation, energy efficiency, energy security, internal energy market, and research, innovation and competitiveness. The text analyses the national objectives and targets for each of the five dimensions as follows: 1- under the dimension decarbonisation it sets binding national target for GHG emissions and annual binding national limits pursuant to Effort Sharing Regulation; it also describes the national commitments pursuant to LULUCF Regulation 2018/841; it finally includes other objectives and targets to meet objectives and targets of the Energy Union and the long-term Union GHG emissions commitments consistent with the Paris Agreement.
Under the Renewable Energy dimension it widely describes the circumstances affecting renewable energy deployment (Article 5(1)(e) with a particular attention to the solar PV, the wild energy (wind, wave), the consumption for heating and cooling. This Part details the national contribution in terms of share of energy from RES in gross final energy consumption in 2030, the estimated trajectories for the sectoral share of renewable energy in final energy consumption from 2021 to 2030 in electricity, H&C and transport sectors, the stimated trajectories on bioenergy demand, disaggregated between heat, electricity, and transport, and on biomass supply by feedstocks and origin.
The dimension energy efficiency treats the circumstances affecting primary and final energy consumption. This Part analyses the indicative national Energy Efficiency contribution to achieving Union target, the cumulative amount of energy savings to be achieved over period 2021 2030 under Article 7(1)(b) of EED on energy savings obligations, the milestones of the long-term strategy for the renovation of the national stock of residential and non-residential private and public buildings, the total floor area to be renovated or equivalent annual energy savings to be achieved from 2021 to 2030 and other national objectives in areas such as energy efficiency in the transport sector and with regard to heating and cooling.
The Dimension Energy Security sets the national objectives with regard to increasing the diversification of energy sources and supply from third countries, with regard to reducing energy import dependency from third countries, with regard to increasing the flexibility of the national energy system, in particular by means of deploying domestic energy sources, demand response and storage.
The Dimension Internal Energy Market comprehends the electricity interconnetivity and the energy transmission infrastructure, the market integration (increasing system flexibility and non-discriminatory participation of renewable energy, ensuring that consumers participate in the energy system and benefit from self-generation and new technologies, ensuring electricity system adequacy, protecting energy consumers and improve the competitiveness of the retail energy sector), and the energy poverty.
The dimension research, innovation and competitiveness is related to funding targets for public and private research and innovation relating to the Energy Union; it sets National 2050 objectives related to the promotion of clean energy technologies and long-term targets for decarbonising energy and carbon-intensive industrial sectors, national objectives with regard to competitiveness.
Policies and measures related to various sectors (from agriculture to land use to waste management, transport, energy, water, risk preparedness, etc.) are set up in relation to each dimension.
Also a whole section is dedicated to the impact assessment of the planned policies and measures described on the energy system and GHG emissions and removals.