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The soaring energy prices have citizens demanding more from Europe’s clean energy transition. Alongside the challenge of addressing climate change, European energy policy has ambitious socio-economic targets, and the European Year of Skills clearly reflects this agenda: how can the sustainable ...

By Marine Cornelis, Next Energy Consumer. The Renovation Wave aims to drive forward EU climate and social commitments by improving energy efficiency and sustainability in homes whilst protecting the most vulnerable. Regrettably, in some areas, renovation policies are causing “renovictions”, as retr

By Seamus Hoyne, FEDARENE. As we face the unprecedented challenges of the climate, biodiversity and energy security crisis, the need for leadership in society is in the spotlight. While the policy and regulatory environment (REPowerEU, Fitfor55, Green Deal etc.) is highly ambitious the challenge ...

By Helena Millet, Project Assistant at ThinkYoung. Young people lie at the cruel intersection of climate change catastrophe, spiralling rental costs, and energy price inflation. Gen Z are coming of age in an era of unprecedented turbulence in global markets and societies and approach these ...

Hosting a Sustainable Energy Day is your opportunity to shape the conversation around renewables and drive meaningful change in your community. Over the years, we have had the opportunity to learn from thousands of Sustainable Energy Days across Europe and beyond. We observed that conversations are

By Dr. Thomas Hillig, THEnergy. The shift towards a green hydrogen economy is expensive – experts expect investments of more than a dozen of trillion euros from now to 2050. It is obvious that no country in the world can handle this unprecedented challenge by itself. The need for cooperation ...

Building a proactive, well-informed and supportive sustainable energy community is crucial to meeting Europe’s climate goals. The Energy Fair at the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2023 is designed to facilitate fruitful interaction between professionals paving the way to Europe’s clean ...

By Kees van der Leun, Common Futures. Offshore wind power has become one of the workhorses of the European energy transition, and the North Sea is its hotspot. Plans are now being made to connect large capacities of offshore wind to energy hubs, where transmission can be combined with hydrogen ...

By Luca Bertalot, Secretary General of European Mortgage Federation – European Covered Bond Council (EMF-CBMC) & EEMI Coordinator - Europe is at the dawn of a new era in which sustainability and digitalisation are shaping a completely new market paradigm, presenting opportunities and the hope of ...

Meet the Minoan Energy Community, winners of the 2022 EUSEW Local Energy Action Award. Discover how this outstanding team implemented renewable energy projects to bring clean energy to the island of Crete.

Meet MUSE GRIDS, winners of the 2022 EUSEW Innovation Award. Discover how they have maximised renewable energy to boost the energy independence of communities poorly connected to the electricity grid in Italy and Belgium.

Meet Andreia Carreiro, winner of the 2022 EUSEW Woman in Energy Award. Discover how she has been advancing energy transition policies, projects and technologies in the Azores.

Make the most of your application to host a session at this year’s European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) Policy Conference by covering this checklist we prepared to help you make your session as engaging as possible.

Applications are now open until 9 February 2023 for the European Sustainable Energy Awards (EUSEW Awards). Discover the three categories and decide which one best fits your work before sending your application.

The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) returns on 20-22 June 2023, with plenty of opportunities for individuals and associations across Europe to contribute. This year’s event, under the theme ‘Accelerating the clean energy transition - towards lower bills and greater skills’, will once ...

Since 2020, the annual European Youth Energy Day has served as a great opportunity to bring young people’s voices to the forefront of the energy transition. With 2022 designated the European Year of Youth, it was more important than ever to empower 

The 16th European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW 2022) took place on 26-30 September. The hybrid event brought together over 8 000 actors from the sustainable energy community to engage in action-driven conversations about the future of clean energy in Europe and beyond.  

Between June and September this year, over 100 Sustainable Energy Days took place around the world under the umbrella of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW). From Panama to India, and from Luxembourg to Ukraine, events took place in schools, offices, town halls, gardens, and online, ...

Four of the best European clean energy projects and leaders were announced as winners of the European Sustainable Energy Awards (EUSEW Awards) during this year’s European Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels.