European Union leaders reached an agreement last Friday on a latest version of the bloc’s renewable energy directive, known as RED III, including last-minute concessions on nuclear power and without restarting the entire policy negotiation process from scratch.

The directive will still include a binding target share of renewable energy in the EU’s overall energy consumption of 42.5% by 2030, but concessions have been made to France and other nuclear operating countries related to ammonia production facilities which use hydrogen as input.