One of Austria's federal government's key energy and climate policy goals is to convert the country's electricity supply to 100% renewable energy sources by 2030 and to make Austria climate-neutral by 2040. The necessary legal and organizational framework conditions were created with the Renewable Energies Expansion Act (Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetz — EAG), which entered into force in 2022 and replaced the previous Green Electricity Act (Ökostromgesetz — ÖSG).

To achieve the target value for 2030, annual electricity generation from renewable sources must be increased by 27 terawatt-hours by 2030, based on production in 2020. Of this, 11 terawatt-hours are to come from photovoltaics, 10 terawatt-hours from wind, 5 terawatt-hours from hydropower and 1 terawatt-hour from biomass. The contribution from photovoltaics in particular is to be achieved through the target of equipping 1 million roofs with photovoltaics.