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Energy

This Commission department is responsible for the EU''s energy policy: secure, sustainable, and competitively priced energy for Europe.

Share of energy consumption from renewable sources in Europe

In 2024, 25.4% of all final energy consumed in the European Union was obtained from renewable sources, about one percentage point more than in 2023. This increase was largely driven

Renewable energy

Financing EU instruments and guidance to spur increased investment and greater uptake, promotion and collaboration in the field of renewable energy.

Renewable energy statistics

Statistics on renewable energy sources in the EU cover their production and share in energy consumption.

Renewable energy targets

The revised Renewable Energy Directive, adopted in 2023, raises the EU''s binding target for the share of renewable energy in the energy mix by 2030 to a minimum of 42.5%.

How the EU is boosting renewable energy

Energy is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. Find out how the EU wants to increase renewable energy and decarbonise the sector.

REPowerEU

RePowerEU supports the green transition and limits EU dependence on Russian fossil fuels by reducing energy waste, producing clean energy, and diversifying energy suppliers.

Renewable energy in the European Union

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The Maastricht Treaty signed in 1992 set an objective of promoting stable growth while protecting the environment. The Amsterdam Treaty of 1997 added the principle of sustainable development to the objectives of the EU. Since 1997, the EU has been working towards a renewable energy supply equivalent to 12% of the total EU''s energy consumption by 2010. The Johannesburg Summit in 2002 failed to introduce the radical changes targeted for ten years after the

Andrea Rosso

Now working at the European Commission. I have first-hand experience on topics related to the energy transition, gas markets, decarbonisation of the energy system, hydrogen, energy...

EU Energy | Andrea Rosso

In the context of the REPowerEU plan for getting rid of Russian fossil fuels well before 2030, #energyefficiency is one of the two main pillar of the measures foreseen by the #EC to reduce faster...

Renewable energy in the European Union

On 30 November 2016, the Commission presented a proposal for a revised Renewable Energy Directive to ensure that the target of at least 27% renewables in the final energy consumption in the EU by