The EU Clean Energy Package sets the EU energy efficiency and renewable energy ambitions for the 2030
horizon. It also updates the rules that govern the functioning of the internal electricity market and the
transmission and distribution grids. The package, proposed by the European Commission in November
2016, includes 8 legislative proposals on the electricity market and consumers, Energy Efficiency and
Energy Efficiency of buildings, Renewables & bioenergy sustainability as well as governance of the Energy
Union. The Council agreed on its negotiating position for four legislative proposals of the EU Clean
energy package in December 2017. For the different topics selected for this report, we will present the
Commission proposals as well as the Council position included in the electricity Directive and Regulation.
The positions of the different stakeholders of the EU electricity sector will also be stated at the end of each
discussed topic.
To fulfill the Paris Agreement commitments and stimulated by an unprecedented amount of public resources put in place to recover from the COVID-induced recession, European governments have recently announced sizable [...]
India has embarked on an ambitious sustainable development pathway by applying a multipronged approach spanning several sectors from developing smart cities to enabling electric vehicles. In the power sector, it [...]
To increase the share of RES-E, governments have designed and implemented promotional policies which provide direct and indirect financial aid to RES-E adapters and developers. These promotional policies include several [...]
About 1,100 TWh of natural gas can be stored in 115 storage facilities in 19 countries in the EU27 area, accounting for 25-30% of European consumption in winter periods. Securing [...]
The outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war has revived discussions on the EU’s dependence on fossil fuel imports from Russia. To ensure gas diversification, the EU Commission has suggested over a [...]
The recent surge in energy prices has prompted many governments to introduce emergency measures to reduce the impact on consumers’ electricity and gas bills. In its REPowerEU Communication of 8 [...]
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