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In the same time, the Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) sets legally binding national targets for electricity and transport from renewable sources (not specifically for hydropower), adding up to a share of 20 % of gross final consumption of energy in the EU as a whole. By June 2010, each EU Member State had to adopt a national renewable energy action plan (NREAP) setting out its national targets for the share of energy from renewable sources consumed in transport, electricity, heating and cooling in 2020 and describing the way and the extent to which different renewable sources (wind, hydropower, etc.) will contribute to the achievement of targets. In several European Member States, an increase in hydropower generation is needed for the achievement of these targets by increasing efficiency in hydropower generation at existing sites but also by building new hydropower plants.