News and Press Releases

EU Leaders Must Resist Costly Energy Policy Renationalisation 21 May 2013 | News Article
EURELECTRIC has urged EU leaders to firmly resist the move towards a renationalisation of energy policy, ensure policy coherence, and intervene to rescue the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) - all as a means of increasing cost-efficiency and boosti… Read more
Current EU Energy Policies Put Internal Energy Market and Cost-Efficient Decarbonisation at Risk 16 May 2013 | News Article
Current conflicting and inefficient energy policies at EU and national level put at risk achieving their key objective: to tackle Europe's energy and climate challenges while ensuring affordable and secure energy supplies to European customers, EURE… Read more
Accelerated Power Sector Innovation Could Unlock €70bn In 2030 14 May 2013 | Press Release
New technological breakthroughs and business model innovation in power generation and downstream energy services could unlock up to €70bn in 2030, or €135 per EU citizen. It could also reduce power generation cost by 11%, a EURELECTRIC report has f… Download PDF
A ‘Lost Decade’ Of EU Climate Policy Delay Will Result in Escalating Costs for the Economy 13 May 2013 | Press Release
European policymakers must urgently send a clear policy signal to power sector investors, or risk a 'lost decade' in which the European economy fails to reduce carbon emissions and piles up costs for future delayed reductions. This is the key conclu… Download PDF
EURELECTRIC Applauds Commission’s Revised Approach To Energy Technology Development 02 May 2013 | Press Release
The European Commission (EC) has taken a positive step forward in adopting a more holistic view of energy technology development, EURELECTRIC said today, welcoming the new approach of the EC's Communication on Energy Technologies in a future Eur… Download PDF
E-Highway2050 project plans Europe’s future electricity grid 23 April 2013 | News Article
A European research consortium, supported in part by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, has launched the e-Highway2050 project with the aim of developing a long-term planning methodology for the necessary expansion an… Read more