The EU Green Deal, as presented by the European Commission in late 2019, fixes the objective to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent, i.e., to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In order to meet this target, a review of major EU Directives and Regulations is required....

The aim of this project is to identify the investment requirements for energy infrastructure across each TEN-E infrastructure category, as well as for non-TEN-E electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure, in order to enable a decarbonised economy in the EU. It also evaluates the...

European Union (EU) Member States have in January 2023 agreed on ambitious long-term goals for the deployment of renewable energy in five European sea basins. The goals represent an overall ambition of approximately 111 GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, which would rise to around 317...

European Union (EU) Member States have in January 2023 agreed on ambitious long-term goals for the deployment of renewable energy in five European sea basins. The goals represent an overall ambition of approximately 111 GW of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, which would rise to around 317...

The urgent need for achieving climate neutrality by 2050 demands a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from all modes of transportation, including maritime. To reach this climate ambition as well as the energy policy targets, the pivotal role of ports in electrification and...

Article 15c of the revised RED, obliges EU Member States to "adopt one or more plans designating [...] renewables acceleration areas for one or more types of renewable energy sources". The identification of areas suitable to be designated as renewables acceleration areas has to follow the...

This report presents the findings of the project "Mapping of regulatory frameworks and barriers for individual and collective renewable self-consumption in EU Member States", carried out for DG ENERGY, European Commission, between January and December 2023. It shows that EU directives,...

The 2023 edition of the energy prices and costs report, covering developments between 2020 and 2022, comes at a time of almost unprecedented upheavals in European and global energy markets; a time of great international economic and political instability. The changes brought by the energy...

Full decarbonisation of the EU economy will require a significant transformation of the energy system. System integration can help achieve this in a cost-efficient manner. The EU Energy System Integration Strategy "proposes concrete policy and legislative measures at EU level to gradually shape...