DG Energy Newsletter

Opting for home appliances and other products that are cheaper to run because they waste less energy can have a significant impact on bringing down overall energy consumption and reducing your household energy bills.

The workforce of the photovoltaic sector grew by 27% to 826 000 by the end of 2023, up from 648 100 workers in 2022. This rapid growth means that Europe could see more than 1 million solar workers by 2027. (Source: SolarPower Europe Solar Jobs Report 2024).

As of 9 February, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are fully independent from Russia's and Belarus's electricity systems. They successfully integrated into the EU internal energy market by joining the European continental network via Poland.

The Commission will allocate almost €1.25 billion in grants from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

The Commission published the 2024 Report on Energy Subsidies in the EU detailing the volume of public subsidies by national governments across the EU in 2023.

The EU has proposed a €30 million emergency assistance package in a first step to support the Republic of Moldova in tackling the severe energy crisis provoked by Gazprom.

On 4 February, the European Commission and the Republic of Moldova have agreed on a 2-year Comprehensive Strategy for Energy Independence and Resilience of Moldova.

The survey on enhancing regulatory environments for stakeholder engagement in electricity infrastructure projects in the EU, under the EU’s Pact for Engagement, is open until 23 February 2025.

On 23 January in Davos, President von der Leyen launched the Global Energy Transition Forum, together with the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol.

In 2023, 10.6% of the EU population were not able to keep their home adequately warm. Compared with 2022, this share increased by 1.3 percentage points (pp).

In 2023, the share of renewable energy sources in transport reached 10.8% at EU level.