As a group of European associations committed to the achievement of EU climate goals, we acknowledge the compromises found in view of the forthcoming vote in ITRE Committee on 9 February on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). This
smartEn – Smart Energy Europe, the European business association for digital and decentralised energy resources, welcomes the Net Zero Industry Act to enhance the European Union’s competitiveness in net-zero technologies, key to decarbonise our economy and strengthen our energy independence.
Empowering consumers and enabling their active contribution to the clean energy transition through a smart, flexible and time-dependent consumption of variable renewable electricity is the no-regret option to support the cost-effective achievement of the 2030 binding renewable EU-level target and
The EU is currently facing an energy resilience and energy affordability crisis. Short-term solutions put forward by both EU institutions and Member States in the last months aimed at addressing these urgent challenges, but some emergency measures have undermined the
The European energy system is going through an unprecedented crisis resulting in extremely high energy prices. One answer is to connect faster renewable energy to the European networks taking advantage of the significant growth of Distributed Energy resources (DERs) in
A combination of factors is leading more consumers to actively participate in the energy transition, by taking actions like purchasing electric vehicles to reduce their fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions, installing home or community electricity generation assets which keep
The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Directives are central pieces of legislation to achieve Europe’s energy and climate objectives in a cost-effective way by delivering the needed radical transformation in the way we produce, consume and distribute energy. They represent a
In the current context of an energy crisis and the uncertainties that the winter 2022/23 will bring, consumers of all types (from households to large industries) will play a vital role in managing price spikes and reducing overall gas demand.
Today, the EU is facing multiple, overlapping challenges: increase the EU energy resilience, address skyrocketing energy prices and achieve the long-term climate neutrality objective. All of them must be achieved in an efficient way: the EU cannot afford to waste
Accelerating solar energy (solar PV and solar thermal) deployment in buildings, together with energy savings and demand-side flexibility activation, is critical to support consumer energy security for the upcoming winters and increase the resilience of the European energy system and
