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About the Energy website
This website is developed and managed by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport.
Which type of information is available?
This site offers information on energy policies. An up-to-date coverage of EU energy is also available on the policies and activities pages of Europa.
How is the site built?
Most of the pages of the Energy web site are layed out in three columns.
- Left side column
The left side column contains three menus:
"Policy areas"
On the Energy home page, the "Policy areas" menu lists all available energy topics (European strategies, Sustainable energyAll available translations., Renewable Energy, Energy efficiency, Technology & innovation, Oil, Coal, Gas & Electricity, Nuclear energy, Security of supply, Energy infrastructure, Market Observatory, International relations, Research). By clicking on a specific policy area, a new menu related to that topic is displayed.
"Information"
The information menu offers information on the Press room (Rapid database), Newsletter (the weekly newsletter published by Energy and Transport DG), Call for tenders, Infringements, Evaluations and Statistics.
"Agencies"
This menu lists Community and Executive Agencies in the field of energy (EACI, ESA).
- Right side column
The right side column contains useful links to other energy areas and quick links to other EU information web sites and tools.
Commissioner for Energy is a link to Andris Piebalgs's web site.
Multimedia portal is a link to the web site featuring videos and web-streaming of important events.
Publications is a link to our recent publications in print. A complete list of publications on energy issues is available on the EU Bookshop web site.
Public consultations, Grants, Events, Studies and What's new are additional information on energy services (on the Energy home page these topics list the services for all energy areas but in a specific policy area the information is specific to that topic.
The quick links buttons are links to various EU tools and services.
- Centre column
The centre of the page displays the main contents part of the page.
The Energy home page and topics home pages (European strategies, Sustainable energyAll available translations., Renewable Energy, Energy efficiency, Technology & innovation, Oil, Coal, Gas & Electricity, Nuclear energy, Security of supply, Energy infrastructure, Market Observatory, International relations, Research) start with an introduction and if possible embedded videos. A larger selection of videos (in more languages and in additional formats) is available on the Audiovisual Service web site of the Commission.
The "Focus on" column is a list of quick links to specific topics and initiatives starting with a link to the Summaries of legislation.
The "Daily news" column is a list of the latest "What's new" announcements. On the Energy home page this section also lists the latest press release on energy.
Services
- RSS: it is possible to subscribe to the energy news feedAll available translations.; to view a selection of topics use the "Filter by category"
What languages is this website available in?
The Energy web site currently is available in English only but, when available, links to other Europa services (Eur-Lex, Rapid, Summaries of legislation, etc) lead to pages where the information is translated.
To display translations of documents, click on the language icon 
and
select the language of your choice.
Read more on the general language guidelines set out for EUROPA.
Copyright
The information available on this site may only be reproduced on condition that the source is acknowledged. See the copyright notice
We recommend not to duplicate our content on your website, rather to insert a link to it, clearly mentioning the source (Energy thematic site on EUROPA, © European Communities). This will also allow you to link to constantly updated information.
More generally, links to the 'Energy on EUROPA' thematic site can be created from any website provided that the following conditions are met:
- links should be illustrated with official logos and/or trademarks owned and/or licensed by the European institutions and should comply with the instructions provided in the Information Providers Guide. If logos or trademarks cannot be used, textual links are also allowed (for example: "Further information is available from the Energy on EUROPA' thematic site"), subject to the conditions below;
- links should be made only to pages displaying the short hypertext notice referring to the disclaimer and copyright notices;
- when accessing the 'Energy on EUROPA' pages via a link, it should be perfectly clear to users that they are viewing information that is not exclusive or dependent on a fee for access;
- equally important and related to the above point is that links should not be put in a context which could make users believe that the European institutions endorse, or support the objectives or contents of the other website, or the organisation managing it;
- if links are made from a frames-based website, the pages should not be displayed as frames within that website in such a way that users might thereby misunderstand the true origin of the pages;
- as soon as a link has been established, the DG TREN webmaster should be notified by transmission of the URL of the page where the link appears, enabling him to check if the above guidelines have been respected by the other website.
Image and photo credits
All pictures used on this website are copyrighted. They can only be used on the EUROPA website.
