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Last updated date: 25 Jul 2024
… In the past, Europe gained much of its energy supplies from often costly and polluting resources, … society to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while Europe's energy security continues to be at risk. What are the EESC's aims regarding energy policy? To openly address the social issues linked to …
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Last updated date: 01 Aug 2017
… TEN/492-EESC-2012-01-01-1880 Integration of renewable energy into the energy market … TEN/492-EESC-2012-01-01-1880 … Integration of renewable energy into the energy market …
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Last updated date: 02 Apr 2019
… TEN/567-EESC-2015-01-01-00898-00-00-AC-TRA Energy storage: a factor of integration and energy security … TEN/567-EESC-2015-01-01-00898-00-00-AC-TRA … Energy storage: a factor of integration and energy security …
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Last updated date: 21 Mar 2024
… the Commission shows that the most intensive impact on the energy price rally comes from the sharp global increase in … transition, it also requires an adaptation of the whole energy ecosystem . The current energy price crisis would not hit European citizens and …
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Last updated date: 21 Mar 2024
… do not undermine the basic objectives of a sustainable energy system, i.e. security of supply, reasonable costs and … the wholesale markets and the integrations of the internal energy market. While agreeing on the need for shared efforts … the public sector, households and businesses, in reducing energy demand, we welcome current short-term measures like …
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Last updated date: 01 Aug 2017
… in particular its target of at least a 20% reduction in energy consumption by 2020. NGOs' first-hand expertise in developing energy education models and tools is extremely important.The … and training methods. TEN/474-EESC-2012-01-01-1054 Energy education … TEN/474-EESC-2012-01-01-1054 … Energy …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 04 Nov 2022
… order. This means that nuclear power does not influence energy prices on the spot market, except for when the energy mix includes a high share of low-emission sources. … between decreased supply and increased demand pushing up energy prices. With a more robust supply from stable …
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News
Last updated date: 22 Nov 2023
… (EESC) is contributing to the strategic debate on energy infrastructure with a position that is clear and … if we really want them to be a lever for the green and energy transition and to ensure an economic and social balance. Energy self-production and self-consumption must go hand in …
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Last updated date: 07 Oct 2021
… Building energy efficient systems is key for Europe's future and both public and private sectors could contribute to energy savings, EESC hearing concludes. The EU must step up its efforts to promote energy efficiency and achieve those energy savings that are …
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Last updated date: 11 Apr 2022
… (EESC) backs the Commission's proposal to update the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. The new rules will … underinvestment in construction by introducing EU minimum energy performance standards, new requirements for Energy Performance Certificates and a building "renovation …
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Last updated date: 02 Jun 2017
… and businesses will play an important role in the Energy Market by becoming consumers and producers at the same … to ensure the establishment of an European dialogue on energy. "We are seeing a real revolution in energy transition but it will be successful only if civil …
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Last updated date: 05 Feb 2020
… TEN/585-EESC-2016-01-01 Marine energy: renewable energy sources to be developed (own-initiative opinion) … TEN/585-EESC-2016-01-01 … Marine energy: renewable energy sources to be developed …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 19 Jun 2024
… (EESC) welcomes the Second Report on the State of the Energy Union as part of the process of monitoring the implementation and development of the Energy Union strategy. The Committee approaches the report … in its opinion: first, it comments on the idea of the Energy Union itself; secondly, it analyses the progress made …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… Summary 1.1 The European Commission intends to adopt an Energy Strategy for 2011-2020 and a Roadmap for low carbon energy system by 2050. It has asked the Committee to prepare … two topics are being developed together. Investment in the energy sector has a long life, and it is very important that …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 01 Aug 2017
… energies can make a significant contribution to a future energy mix. The opinion also reiterates some of the recommendations made by previous EESC opinions in the energy field, for example the call to extend the European Energy Community (involving South-East Europe) to the Euromed …
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Last updated date: 01 Aug 2017
… Assistant: Ms Baiba SPUNDE The EESC views the internal energy market as an opportunity to make good use of the various energy choices made in Europe and to ensure that the system … the end consumer from enjoying the benefits of various energy choices. TEN/501-EESC-2012-01-01-2527 Internal energy …
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Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… more information The EESC notes with great interest the Energy Roadmap 2050 and its objective of providing a … agreed policy of the substantial decarbonisation of the energy sector in Europe by 2050. The challenge is not only to achieve a sustainable and secure low carbon energy mix in a competitive market but to convince civil …
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Last updated date: 02 Aug 2017
… The EESC considers that enhanced European cooperation on energy networks is essential for the general public and … society and regional players have a key role to play in energy transition, the only means of guaranteeing efficiency, … each Member State. TEN/564-EESC-0000-01-01 Cooperation on energy networks … TEN/564-EESC-0000-01-01 … Cooperation on …
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Last updated date: 01 Aug 2017
… environmentally responsible behaviour, are favourable to energy efficiency, reintegrate energyintensive industrial … Electricity is not subject to this alignment with other energy sources. The price signal given by taxation is not … part of the revenues is made. ECO/303-EESC-2011-01-01-1586 Energy Taxation Directive … ECO/303-EESC-2011-01-01-1586 … …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 19 Jun 2024
… TEN/617-EESC-2016 Governance of the Energy Union … TEN/617-EESC-2016 … Governance of the Energy Union …
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Last updated date: 19 Jun 2024
… TEN/623-EESC-2016 Energy prices and costs … TEN/623-EESC-2016 … Energy prices and costs …
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Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… TEN/460-EESC-2011-1610 Directive on energy efficiency … TEN/460-EESC-2011-1610 … Directive on energy efficiency …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… TEN/370-EESC-2009-869 Energy performance of buildings … TEN/370-EESC-2009-869 … Energy performance of buildings …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 11 Dec 2023
… TEN/786-EESC-2022 Directive on energy efficiency … TEN/786-EESC-2022 … Directive on energy efficiency …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… Section secretariat for more information TEN/528-EESC-2013 Energy Technologies and Innovation … TEN/528-EESC-2013 … Energy Technologies and Innovation …
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Last updated date: 01 Feb 2024
… Energy is a key priority of the current European Commission … with its flagship policy initiative of the European Energy Union (EUEU). One key element of the flagship … expansion of renewables and a fundamental redesign of the energy markets in order to promote renewables, decentralized …
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Last updated date: 03 Jul 2024
… support of the French Presidency of the EU, on " Tackling energy poverty at the heart of the ecological and energy transition" was held on 21 April 2022 . This was the follow-up event to the EESC's 2021 conference on "Energy poverty at the crossroads of the European Pillar of …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 24 Mar 2021
… urgent need to set up an effective dialogue process on EU energy policy and the importance of EU action to ensure high-quality information for EU citizens on clean energy solutions. In particular, it asks the European Commission to propose introducing definitions of energy poverty and common indicators at EU level, and …
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News
Last updated date: 20 Apr 2018
… Stronger, interconnected European energy grids are a prerequisite for the European Energy Union. Only if Europe's energy networks are well developed and integrated can the …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 21 Mar 2024
… Key points: The EESC is relieved to learn that the energy and climate objectives for 2020 have largely been met. … of investment and reforms aimed at accelerating the energy transition. The most important objective that the … strategy is that citizens should be at the core of the Energy Union. In its assessment, the Commission believes that …
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Last updated date: 03 Jul 2024
… Energy poverty exacerbates gender gap worldwide. It is … Research has shown that women are more likely to fall into energy poverty as they are the main users and producers of household energy, due to economic, biological/physiological and …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 07 Jul 2023
… and crises arising from the new geopolitical and energy market situations require the European Union to radically speed up the clean energy transition and increase Europe's energy independence from unreliable suppliers and volatile …
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Last updated date: 26 Feb 2019
… present, the question of Challenges and opportunities of energy transition, alleviating the economic and social impact … coal . It deals with the direct consequences of the energy transition, of declining coal. The challenges also … the question of " Challenges and opportunities of energy transition, alleviating the economic and social impact …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 27 Oct 2020
… EESC takes note of the Fourth Report on the State of the Energy Union (SEU), supports the objectives of the Energy Union and welcomes the emphasis on the engagement and … mobilisation of EU society to take full ownership of the Energy Union. The EESC is surprised by the European …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 02 Apr 2020
… Committee has been supporting the idea of a European Energy Union from its first inception as a European Energy Community in 2010. The annual State of the Energy Union report is also broadly welcomed by the EESC as a …
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Last updated date: 03 May 2024
… is part of an EESC umbrella opinion “A strategic vision on energy transition to enable sustainable development” covering various aspects of the energy transition. Once all opinions by the different EESC … the process of gaining independence from Russian energy supplies. believes that, given the dynamics of the war …
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Last updated date: 29 Jun 2022
… which aims to harness the potential of offshore renewable energy for a climate neutral future, and the proposals to include marine renewable energy development objectives when drawing up national and … should include calculations of the contribution of wind energy to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero in …
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Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… Contact the TEN Section secretariat for more information Energy prices can comprise an important competitiveness … of industrial competitiveness should not be limited to energy prices. It is essential to have global coherence in … industrial relocation and carbon export. Energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other indigenous …
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Last updated date: 25 Jan 2018
… The EESC endorses the Energy Union and considers its implementation urgent – this could lead to making energy the fifth EU freedom. At the same time, the Committee … what European citizens and enterprises will gain from the Energy Union. It also underlines that the Commission, when …
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Last updated date: 01 Aug 2017
… Gist of the opinion The opinion examines the impact of energy, as a production factor, on industrial value chains in … It gives an overall picture of the situation in various energy markets and their impact on energy-intensive industries. It also goes through the …
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Last updated date: 19 Mar 2024
… Key points The EESC: stresses that the energy infrastructure, like infrastructure for transporting and distributing energy, cannot be treated like any other commodity and must … Distribution System Operators (DSOs), but also including energy producers into grid stabilisation measures, in order …
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Last updated date: 27 Feb 2024
… welcomes the increase in the targeted share of renewable energy and is pleased to note that these targets focus on the … prosumerism , contrary to what was provided for in the Energy Union Communication. The Committee also regrets the … decentralisation and the effective promotion of community energy would help strengthen regional value chains and …
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Opinion and Information report
Last updated date: 21 Mar 2024
… or the annexes. The citizens should be at the core of the Energy Union , integrating them into the market, and making … the lack of clear European coordination during the energy crisis and, as part of the response, calls for the … not properly considered in the report: the "strategic energy autonomy" , which remains in the shadows, with the …
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Last updated date: 01 Aug 2017
… promote measures to prevent the manipulation of wholesale energy markets and to make them more transparent. This … number of regulatory gaps concerning the wholesale gas and energy market; ..." "The EESC: supports and endorses the … promote measures to prevent the manipulation of wholesale energy markets and to make them more transparent. This …
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Last updated date: 19 Feb 2024
… Key points The EESC welcomes the proposal for recasting the Energy Efficiency Directive, as it addresses an area of … civil society in information campaigns on the benefits of energy efficiency. The EESC also supports the incentives and tools for implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive to help vulnerable customers and …
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Last updated date: 21 Mar 2024
… of the potential risks linked to the dependence of the EU energy system on imports of raw materials needed for energy sector from Russia has now been revealed, and requires … supply structures. TEN/767-EESC-2022 State of the Energy Union 2021 … TEN/767-EESC-2022 … State of the Energy …
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Last updated date: 21 Mar 2024
… the monitoring and transparency of the wholesale energy markets. It underlines, continuous monitoring and … the law-making process. TEN/808-EESC-2023 EU Wholesale Energy Market … TEN/808-EESC-2023 … EU Wholesale Energy Market …
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Last updated date: 05 Feb 2020
… TEN/618-EESC-2016-01-01 Revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive … TEN/618-EESC-2016-01-01 … Revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive …
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Last updated date: 01 Aug 2017
… TEN/470-EESC-2012-01-01-491 Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure … TEN/470-EESC-2012-01-01-491 … Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure …
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Last updated date: 01 Aug 2017
… TEN/464-EESC-2012-01-01-155 Energy agreements with third countries … TEN/464-EESC-2012-01-01-155 … Energy agreements with third countries …
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