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The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €3.1 billion Spanish scheme to support the production of electricity from new or substantially refurbished highly efficient combined heat and power (‘CHP') plants.

The first Stakeholders’ Forum on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) has taken place in Brussels. Organised by the European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors (Alliance), with the support of the European Commission.

The European Commission will allocate nearly €650 million in grants from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to help finance 14 cross-border energy infrastructure projects.

Are you between 18 and 35 years old and curious about how Europe’s energy future is shaped? Are you interested in clean energy, security, and competitiveness, and want to be part of that conversation? Then the Young Energy Ambassadors (YEAs) programme is for you!

The Commission has opened a 4-week consultation on how to facilitate the take-up of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) – long-term bilateral contracts typically concluded between generators and corporate consumers.

Beyond generating electricity, SMRs offer wide-ranging opportunities: from helping steel and chemical producers to decarbonise, to providing citizens with reliable low-carbon energy for district heating.

The use of renewable energy sources in heating and cooling continues to increase in the EU, with the share reaching 26.7% in 2024, the highest value since the time series started in 2004 (11.7%).

The Commission has published its assessment of Belgium’s final updated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP).

The European Commission welcomes the agreement reached today by Germany and Denmark at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg on the Bornholm Energy Island project.