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In 2024, the EU economy’s greenhouse gas emissions by economic activities and households totalled 3.3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalents.

The European Commission is today deploying 447 emergency generators worth €3.7 million from EU strategic reserves to restore power to hospitals, shelters and critical services.

On Monday, Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen will participate in the North Sea Summit in Hamburg (Germany), an international event hosted by the German Federal Government to boost cross-border cooperation on expanding offshore wind energy.

To connect potential suppliers with buyers of hydrogen and its derivatives in the EU, the Commission is, today, launching the first call for interest under the Hydrogen Mechanism.

In the EU, we’re ever-more familiar with the possibilities of solar energy. It allows us to harness the energy of the sun and use it in our homes and business.

EU gas and electricity markets in the second quarter of 2025 saw a further return to more stable and predictable levels, according to the new quarterly reports for both markets published today.

Today, the new automatic and dynamic mechanism for price adaptation of the Oil Price Cap for Russian crude will be applied for the first time.

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €200 million German scheme to support the production in Canada of renewable hydrogen and its derivatives, known as renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs).

Eurostat (Jan 2026): Renewables hit 47.5% of EU electricity in 2024 (up 2.1pp from 2023), led by wind (38%) and hydropower (26.4%). Solar grew fastest. Top 3: Austria (90.1%), Sweden (88.1%), Denmark (79.7%). Malta (10.7%) and Czechia (17.9%) trailed.