The Commission adopted in March 2023 a list of recommendations to ensure greater deployment of energy storage, accompanied by a staff working document, providing an outlook of the EU''s current regulatory, market, and financing framework for storage and identifies barriers, …
Achieving the EU''s energy and climate objectives and reinforcing affordability, security and sustainability in Europe''s energy sector requires up-to-date and reliable data. The data contained in this pocketbook is …
Increasing EU targets for the use of renewable energy. More than 20% of energy consumed in the EU comes from renewable sources. This has more than doubled since 2004. The EU''s previous 32% target for 2030 …
The share of renewables in energy consumption at EU level reached 21.8% in 2021, a slight decrease compared with 2020 and the first decrease ever recorded. The lifting of the restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic played a role for …
The main energy storage method in the EU is by far ''pumped hydro'' storage, but battery storage projects are rising. A variety of new technologies to store energy are also …
Primary production of energy within the EU in 2022 accounted for 23 566 petajoules (PJ), which is 5.9 % lower than in 2021. Primary production increased for solid fossil fuels, but decreased for …
The EU reached a 23.0 % share of its gross final energy consumption from renewable sources in 2022, around 1.1 percentage points (pp) higher than in 2021. EU Directive 2023/2413 on the promotion of the use of …
Energy storage requirements in the EU were estimated at almost 200 gigawatts by 2030, in order to meet the region''s renewable energy target.
Today, the European Commission published the 2024 edition of EU Energy in Figures, an annual statistical pocketbook providing information on the energy sector in the EU. This edition covers data for 2022, and highlights …
In the event of a natural gas price crisis, EU countries can now introduce measures to protect consumers and ensure access to affordable energy and essential social services. Significant progress has been made on …
