Recent videos on energy policy

Over a third of Europe’s renewable electricity comes from wind power. Watch our video to learn how wind energy is powering Europe’s cleaner and greener future, boosting energy independence and creating jobs.

A seamlessly connected grid is the backbone of the energy infrastructure, keeping us cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and keeping our industries up and running.

Energy infrastructure projects connecting EU countries with each other (Projects of Common Interest) and with countries outside the EU (Projects of Mutual Interest) are contributing to the EU’s energy security and independence.

As Europe’s largest energy consumer, buildings have a critical role to play in achieving the EU’s ambition of becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050. 

From 2030, the standard for new buildings will be raised to ‘zero-emission buildings'. 

ICM includes a range of technologies to capture, store, transport and use CO2 emissions from industrial and energy production facilities, as well as to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

Watch this new video to find out how it will help the EU to become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050 while ensuring that its industries and economy remain competitive in the global market.

Hydrogen can be used to generate electricity, run vehicles, and even power heavy industry. Powered by renewable energy, it can help the EU towards its clean energy transition. The European Hydrogen Bank is a financial instrument, launched by the Commission in 2022 to support European and global production of renewable hydrogen. 

More than a fifth of the EU’s electricity is generated by nuclear power. Nuclear technology is constantly evolving, especially in the field of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), which could offer a low-carbon alternative to fossil-fuelled power plants and complement renewable energy production.

Together with the U.S., the EU launched the Global Methane Pledge at COP26 in 2021.

Its more than 150 participating countries agree to take voluntary actions to contribute to a collective effort to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030. 

Unless further action is taken, the world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement goal and to limit global warming to 1.5°C. President von der Leyen, accompanied by over 130 world leaders, therefore launched the Global Pledge on Renewables and Energy Efficiency at COP28  in December 2023.

Biomethane can be made of organic waste like manure, food scraps or damaged crops.

To decarbonise our economy, the EU has set an ambitious, but realistic, target to produce 35 billion m² of biomethane per year by 2030.

Heat pumps are an efficient, sustainable and increasingly affordable heating solution that will help Europe in its transition towards a cleaner, greener future. 

Heat pumps are a mature technology that is much more energy efficient than boilers.