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From programme highlights to event platform tips and networking tools, here is everything you need to prepare for EUSEW 2026.

Who is EU energy policy really speaking to? Discover Ewelina Hartstein’s conversation with Marine Cornelis on communication, affordability and the future of energy.

By Jorgo Chatzimarkakis - From long-term storage and flexibility, to hard-to-abate sectors and data centres, a thriving clean hydrogen sector will offer much-needed solutions in the net zero energy system of the very near future.

By Allison Le Corre – Highlighting how local governments and community energy projects can strengthen Europe’s energy independence by expanding homegrown renewables and lowering energy costs for citizens.

By Alexandra Garatzogianni – Arguing that Europe must better align digital growth and energy planning to manage rising electricity demand and protect competitiveness and resilience.

Ahead of the 20th edition of European Sustainable Energy Week, we sat down with Paloma Aba Garrote, Director of CINEA – which organises the event – to reflect on the event’s journey over the years and discuss what to expect from this year.

By Arianna Vitali Roscini – Emphasising that energy efficiency is key to lowering energy costs and fossil fuel dependence, and that the next EU framework should strengthen and expand it.

The ‘100 Projects Phasing Out Gas’ initiative feeds a virtuous loop, turning ideas into concrete action and back again, by showcasing replicable examples of individual building conversions that are then packaged into transferable knowledge.

She’s gone from art college drop-out to apprentice electrician, to energy engineer, to CEO in just 15 years… and now, as head of Dublin’s Energy Agency Codema, Donna Gartland has driven Ireland’s transition to low-carbon heat.