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Renewable Matter sat down with #EUSEW2026 Coordinator Loredana Crucitti to discuss 20 years of energy landscape evolution, citizens engagement, the different pillars of the event and what this edition means to the EUSEW community and beyond.

EUSEW 2026 is officially open for registrations and the programme is now live! This year, we are celebrating a new milestone: for 20 years, EUSEW has been the place where Europe’s energy future took shape.

This year’s event marks a special milestone: 20 years of bringing Europe’s energy community together to shape ‘A clean, secure and competitive Energy Union’ - as emphasised by this edition’s theme.

By Thomas Nowak – On why the buildings that house half of all Europeans have more clean heating options than typically acknowledged.

By Bianca Bittencourt and Tom Vasseur – About accelerating clean heating and scaling up investment to cut fossil fuel dependence and secure affordable energy for European households.

By Jiří Bím - Examining how agrivoltaics can accelerate Europe’s decarbonisation, enhance energy security, support farmers’ incomes, and overcome land-use challenges across the European Union.

By Chris Vrettos and Sara Tachelet - Explaining the EU’s Citizens Energy Package and highlighting its 90 GW community energy target while questioning its effectiveness without legally binding support.

By Thomas Hillig - Explaining that the European Union must act quickly and together to close the price gap, strengthen the hydrogen market and build its own industry, or risk losing economic leadership to China.

By Luke Haywood - Urging Europe to overcome political and structural barriers to unlock cheaper, homegrown renewable energy and strengthen competitiveness and energy independence.