The EU depends on imported fossil fuels (gas, oil and coal) for about 56 % of its energy needs (gross energy consumption), which in 2021 represented an energy bill of around EUR 300 billion. The domestic production of renewable energy sources has increased significantly in recent years to 22 % of total demand. The European Union can aspire to achieve energy independence through the deployment of existing and emerging technologies, thus reducing reliance on conventional fossil fuels. What are the developments and societal implications associated with these technologies?

EPRS Science and Technology Podcast - What if the EU were energy independent?

Each Member State independently decides on its own energy mix and use of nuclear energy. However, there are common rules and standards on nuclear energy, the basis for which is the Treaty on the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom Treaty) signed in 1957. All current EU Member States are party to it and it has remained largely unchanged throughout the years.

EPRS policy podcast - Nuclear energy in the European Union

Today, renewable hydrogen makes up a small fraction of total hydrogen production. Most hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels and, although cheaper, it causes carbon emissions. Demand for renewable hydrogen is expected to grow quickly as the need for climate-friendly solutions increases. To avoid a situation where renewable electricity used for hydrogen production is diverted away from other uses, it is important to ensure additional renewable electricity capacity for renewable hydrogen production, or ‘aditionality.’

EPRS policy podcast - EU rules for renewable hydrogen

Solarna energija ima mnoge prednosti: jeftina je, čista i najbrže je rastući izvor energije u posljednjem desetljeću. Može se koristiti za proizvodnju električne i toplinske energije te doprinijeti smanjenju Unijine ovisnosti o uvozu energije. Međutim, i dalje postoje određeni izazovi. Saznajmo kako će se Europska unija suočiti s njima i kako bi joj upotreba solarne energije mogla pomoći u zelenoj tranziciji prema klimatskoj neutralnosti.

Solarna energija u Europskoj uniji - hrvatski

Električna energija je posvuda. Stoga i vi neizbježno spadate među njezine potrošače. Evo nekoliko primjera što Europska unija čini za vas.

Evo što Europa čini za potrošače električne energije

EP Plenary session - Small modular reactors

Pregovori prije prvog čitanja u Parlamentu (članak 71. Poslovnika) (daljnje radnje)

Zaključci sa sastanka Europskog vijeća od 14. i 15. prosinca 2023. i priprema za izvanredni sastanak Europskog vijeća 1. veljače 2024. - Stanje u Mađarskoj i zamrznuta sredstva EU-a (zajednička rasprava - sastanci Europskog vijeća)

Nastavak zasjedanja

Revizija okvira gospodarskog upravljanja (rasprava)

Glasovanje

Usvajanje zapisnika s prethodne dnevne sjednice

Kvalitetna radna mjesta u socijalnom tržišnom gospodarstvu usmjerenom na budućnost (tematska rasprava)

Nedavna odluka Norveške da pokrene dubokomorsko rudarstvo na Arktiku

Poboljšanje socioekonomske situacije poljoprivrednika i ruralnih područja i jamčenje pravednih dohodaka, sigurnosti opskrbe hranom te pravedne tranzicije

Proširenje popisa područja kriminaliteta u EU-u na govor mržnje i zločine iz mržnje (rasprava)

Stanje temeljnih prava u EU-u 2022. i 2023. (rasprava)

Vladavina prava i sloboda medija u Grčkoj (rasprava)

Situacija u Srbiji nakon izbora (rasprava)

Geotermalna energija (rasprava)

Rodni aspekti povećanja troškova života i utjecaja energetske krize (rasprava)

Rješavanje kritičnog nedostatka vještina i pronalaženje pravih talenata za poticanje otvaranja radnih mjesta (Europska godina vještina) (rasprava)

Kontinuirani progon Falun Gonga u Kini, posebno slučaj Dinga Yuandea

Prijetnja pojave gladi zbog širenja sukoba u Sudanu

Tadžikistan: državna represija nad neovisnim medijima

Obrazloženja glasovanja

Dnevni red sljedeće dnevne sjednice

Usvajanje zapisnika s aktualne dnevne sjednice

Zatvaranje dnevne sjednice

Plenary session

Paket „Čista energija za sve” (rasprava)

"Clean Energy for All" package (debate)

Expo Milano 2015.: "Prehrana planeta, energija života" (rasprava)

Expo Milano 2015: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life (debate)

EP Plenary session - Commission statements - State of the Energy Union

Press conference on the revision of the renewable energy directive

EP Plenary session - Renewable energy directive

Aerial View of the European Parliament in Luxembourg.

Fuel Station, renewable E85 fuel , Fit for 55..

Cigeo nuclear waste project - Mobilising European legal tools : Aarhus, Espoo, environmental assessment.

PETI Committee - Social and environmental impacts of renewables energies

Press conference on taxonomy's delegated act on nuclear and gas

EP Plenary session - European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty

Aerial view of wind turbines in Ottange, Northeastern France

Renewable energy - solar panels on factory rooftop

Plenary session week 3 2018 in Strasbourg - Debates on clean energy

The support system allowed the country's first projects to move forward: in 2010, as the country's first wind farm came online, the figure zoomed from zero to 82MW.   The Orites wind farm, which was developed by local firm K Ellinas Energy and received financial backing from London- and Paris-based independent private equity firm Platina Partners, is made up of 41, 2MW machines from Danish manufacturer Vestas and became operational in September. With Ellinas commissioning this first wind farm, it was a big step towards fulfilling targets, notes Sylvia Trabert, head of project management at Wincono Cyprus, a joint venture between local developer Ketonis and Germany's Wincono, on 30 March, 2016

Meeting - 'Renewable Energy Progress Review - A cost efficient energy transition'

Press Conference on ' Evaluation of safety risks of nuclear power plants Doel and Tihange '

Press point following ENVI Committee meeting: Biofuels; Amendment to the fuel quality directiveand the renewable energy directive

Ouarzazate Solar Power Station

Kako EU može reformirati svoj gospodarski model u korist potrošača i planeta? Aimilios u Belgiji i Laetitia u Francuskoj imaju dio odgovora!

Aimilios i njegov Watt4Ever tim recikliraju stare baterije električnih automobila kako bi napravili nove sustave za uskladištenje energije. Time se baterijama daje drugi život, štede vrijedne sirovine i energija, a istovremeno izbjegava dodatno zagađenje.

Laetitia i „Halte à l'Obsolescence Programmée”, ili HOP („Stop Planned Obsolescence”), rade na tome da svakodnevni proizvodi traju dulje i da se mogu bolje popraviti.

Europski parlament podržava mjere na razini EU-a za promicanje kružnog gospodarstva, prava na popravak i bolje recikliranje sirovina kako bi se izbjeglo zagađenje planeta i zaštitio vaš novčanik.

Programi EU-a kao što su Obzor Europa i Fondovi za ruralni i regionalni razvoj osiguravaju da takvi projekti dobiju potrebna sredstva.

Pokretanje gospodarstva da radi za vas i planet: Upoznajte Aimiliosa i Laetitiu - 9:16 EE24

Pokretanje gospodarstva da radi za vas i planet: Upoznajte Aimiliosa i Laetitiu - EE24

The "Energy Cells" is a project that consists of a system of four energy storage devices (batteries) with a total capacity of 200 megawatts (MW) and 200 megawatt-hours (MWh) into Lithuania’s energy system. Energy Cells has four 50 MW and 50 MWh energy storage facilities at transformer substations in Vilnius, Šiauliai, Alytus, and Utena. It is currently the largest project in the Baltics and one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Energy Cells received 87.6 million euros from the NextGenerationEU, the Recovery and Resilience Facility under the “New Generation Lithuania” plan for the installation of the energy storage system. The total value of the project, which will provide Lithuania with the instantaneous power reserve and the possibility to operate autonomously in isolated mode, is of 109 million euros.

Infoclip: Integrated system for batteries "Energy Cells" - Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) - Vilnius (Lithuania)

Climate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to Europe and the world. Therefore in December 2019 the Commission presented a communication on a European Green Deal that sets out a detailed vision to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, safeguard biodiversity, establish a circular economy and eliminate pollution, while boosting the competitiveness of European industry and ensuring a just transition for the regions and workers affected. This infoclip shows factories and emission of polluting gases, consequences of drought, fires and floods, wind farms and natural ecosystems.

Infoclip: Fight against climate change and Green deal

Europe's economic situation has been hit by the energy crisis resulting from Russia's aggression in Ukraine. Member States are coping with the new situation by promoting trade through the single market that exists within their territory. Boosting digitalisation brings many benefits to society as well. The EU wants to strengthen its digital sovereignty and set standards, rather than follow standards set by others, to make Europe fit for the digital age. This infoclip shows factories, industries and shops, workers in their trades and citizens using electronic devices.

Infoclip: Economy, energy and digital

Parlament je pozvao EU da napravi više za zaštitu djece i mladih koji bježe od rata u Ukrajini. Zastupnici su glasali o ažuriranju propisa u ključnoj energetskoj infrastrukturi EU-a da bi bili u skladu s ciljevima Zelenog plana. Ujedno su pozvali na veću transparentnost u malim poduzećima radi doprinosa u smanjenju razlika u plaćama među spolovima.

Plenarne vijesti: Ukrajinska djeca izbjeglice, energija i jednake plaće

Parlament će raspravljati o hitnoj situaciji u Ukrajini, više od mjesec dana nakon što je Rusija pokrenula ilegalnu, ničim izazvanu invaziju. Zastupnici će glasati o ažuriranju uredbe o transeuropskim mrežama, kojom će se otvoriti put prema modernoj, neovisnoj, zelenoj energetskoj infrastrukturi. Na dnevnom redu su i prava žena i djevojčica u Afganistanu, „pravo na popravak” potrošačkih dobara i reguliranje korištenja „velike količine podataka”. Sve to i više slijedi u Strasbourgu.

Najava za Strasbourg: Ukrajina, energija, žene u Afganistanu

Parlament će raspravljati o odnosima s Rusijom i vojnoj prijetnji Ukrajini. Zastupnici će glasovati o prijedlozima koji EU stavljaju u središte borbe protiv raka. Također će raspravljati o odobalnim obnovljivim izvorima energije, zaštiti radnika od štetnih kemikalija i sigurnijim igračkama za djecu.

Najava za Strasbourg: Rusija, borba protiv raka i obnovljiva energija

This video stockshot provides examples of EU-financed projects in the Climate and Energy sectors. Promoting clean energy and fighting climate change are key priorities for the EU. The featured projects in Greece, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Sweden, Finland and Germany are funded by different EU instruments such as Horizon 2020, the European Regional Development Fund and the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the heart of the Juncker Plan.

Infoclip: InvestEU – climate and energy projects

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 February 2021), the MEPs debate the Oral question on the safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus). MEPs debate 1/2

Safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus) - Oral question: MEPs debate 1/2

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 February 2021), the MEPs debate the Oral question on the safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus). Closing session by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy

Safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus) - Oral question: Closing session by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 February 2021), the MEPs debate the Oral question on the safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus). MEPs debate 2/2

Safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus) - Oral question: MEPs debate 2/2

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 February 2021), the MEPs debate the Oral question on the safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus). Opening session by Author and by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus) - Oral question: Opening statements by Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI (EPP, RO), author and by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy

This infoclip illustrates power up - clean technologies and renewables, renovate - energy efficiency of buildings, recharge and refuel - sustainable transport and charging stations, connect - rollout of rapid broadband services, modernize - digitalization of public administration, scale up - data cloud capacities and sustainable processors, Reskill and upscale - education and training to support digital skills.

Infoclip: Recovery and Resilience facility

Europska opskrba energijom treba biti sigurna, raznolika, ali i zelena. Zbog toga Parlament želi ažurirati smjernice za financiranje transeuropske energetske mreže, koje bi odgovarale klimatskim ciljevima EU-a, u skladu sa zelenim planom, a istodobno osiguravajući da nijedna regija ne bude izostavljena.

Diversificirana i sigurna europska energija

This Infoclip shows the construction rehearsal for final storage of spent nuclear fuel in Sweden. Drilling engineers analysing the site.

Infoclip: Construction rehearsal for final storage of spent nuclear fuel

This infoclip shows external drone footage and internal footage of the Forsmark nuclear plant. Copyright is...

Infoclip: Nuclear energy

This Infoclip illustrates private electricity production by the means of solar panels installed on the roof, the family produces more than it consumes and has therefore a financial benefit. The clip shows several solar panel installations in the region near Leuven, Belgium.

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