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EU policies aim to deliver secure, sustainable and affordable energy for citizens and businesses.

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Energy efficiency

Reducing energy consumption and achieving energy savings is essential to deliver the European Green Deal.

Renewable energy

Energy from renewable sources reduces greenhouse gas emissions and lowers our dependence on imported fossil fuels.

Markets and consumers

The EU's integrated internal energy market helps to keep energy affordable and guarantee secure supplies.

Energy strategy

The EU's strategy for secure, competitive, and sustainable energy.

Infrastructure

A modern energy infrastructure, connecting markets and regions, is crucial to meet EU’s energy and climate goals.

Energy security

The EU works to ensure that energy supplies from abroad are secure and affordable.

Research and technology

Innovation in low-carbon and clean energy technologies are essential to fulfil the EU’s energy union strategy.

Funding and financing

EU programmes, calls for tenders and private-public initiatives to finance energy projects.

Nuclear energy

The EU aims to ensure safe and secure use of civil nuclear energy which generates almost 30% of its electricity.

Energy system integration

Our energy systems need to be sufficiently flexible to facilitate cross-border, cross-sector innovation and investment.

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Reform of electricity market design

The proposed reform aims to better protect consumers and accelerate the deployment and better integration of renewables in the energy system, but also to contribute to the competitiveness of the EU industry.

AggregateEU – questions and answers

AggregateEU is the demand aggregation and joint purchasing mechanism operated by the Commission’s service provider Prisma. It aims to aggregate gas demand from EU companies and match it with the most competitive supply offers in time for the next storage filling season ( 2023-2024).

New reports highlight 3rd quarter impact of gas supply cuts

Russia’s weaponisation of its gas exports to Europe was the dominant element on EU gas markets from July to September 2022. Significant increases were registered across the EU electricity market with price levels reaching new unprecedented highs in Q3 2022.

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