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EU energy policy

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Reducing energy consumption and achieving energy savings is essential to deliver the European Green Deal.

Energy from renewable sources reduces greenhouse gas emissions and lowers our dependence on imported fossil fuels.

The EU's integrated internal energy market helps to keep energy affordable and guarantee secure supplies.

Our energy systems need to be sufficiently flexible to facilitate cross-border, cross-sector innovation and investment.

A modern energy infrastructure, connecting markets and regions, is crucial to meet the EU’s energy and climate goals.

The EU aims to ensure the safe and secure use of civil nuclear energy, which generates almost 23% of the EU's electricity.

A resilient EU energy system ensures secure supplies at any time, even during human-made accidents, natural disasters or other disruptions.

EU energy cooperation with countries around the world, and international institutions, and other external energy engagements.

Innovation in low-carbon and clean energy technologies are essential to fulfil the EU’s energy union strategy.

EU policies and local initiatives ensuring a just energy transition by engaging with and supporting citizens right across the EU.

EU programmes, calls for tenders and private-public initiatives are available to finance energy projects.

Highlights

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Renewable and low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives can help replace the use of fossil fuels in heavy industry and transport.

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Energy & Raw Materials Platform

The EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform is an initiative developed for European companies, with the aim to leverage the size and power of the Union market towards more competitiveness for Europe’s industry, security of supply and decarbonisation. It will host different mechanisms covering, at first, hydrogen, raw materials, biomethane, liquified natural gas (LNG) and natural gas.

Other products related to carbon-dioxide emissions can be covered under the platform’s scope of activities in the future.

More about EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform

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