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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 ...

Are you familiar with vehicle-to-grid energy storage, the decarbonisation playbook, or Zero Emission Neighbourhoods? The Energy Talks at this year’s European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) are the perfect opportunity to find out how initiatives like this are boosting Europe’s energy transition. ...

By Aiyesha Swarnn, ThinkYoung. A clean energy transition which is driven by the adoption of renewable energies and energy efficiency takes centre stage in the EU’s energy and climate policy strategy. This strategy aims to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. With the effects of cli ...

By Marine Cornelis, executive director and founder of Next Energy Consumer. More and more energy consumers are also becoming producers of the energy they consume, becoming “prosumers”. But they are not yet the norm. How does one become a prosumer? What are the existing models? How much potential ...

By Livia Kalossaka, Saila Nieminen and Eleonora Cherubini, YES-Europe​​​​​​​. Youth has a huge potential to play an active role in the energy transition but how can we create a vision and inspire youth to work collaboratively? How can we ensure that the overwhelming amount of news and info...

The European Year of Youth is about empowering young people to play an active role in Europe’s future, and giving youth a say in Europe’s energy transition is vital to achieve this. The European Youth Energy Day at the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2022 is inviting young people from ...

By Fons Janssen - NL country coordinator European Climate Pact. A personal human based approach towards the energy transition: As a millennial living in the Netherlands, it seems the geopolitical event series are not going to stop. From the migration crisis, Trump, Brexit, the massive climate ...

By Pedro Verdelho, CEER Vice-President and Chair of the ACER and CEER Gas Working Groups. In the past few months, Europe's energy sector has absorbed several heavy shocks which have sent energy prices skyrocketing and sparked unprecedented concerns over energy security in the EU. In response, ...

By Floriane Cappelletti - Head of Communications, Covenant of Mayors – Europe Office. "There is a double urgency to transform Europe's energy system: ending the EU's dependence on Russian fossil fuels, which are used as an economic and political weapon and cost European taxpayers nearly ...