Editorial

Dear Reader,

Hope you enjoyed the amazing weather March offered us. Looking at the energy developments, here is quick a recap:

• On 26 March 2025, the Commission and High Representative launched the Preparedness Union Strategy to support Member States and enhance Europe's capability to prevent and respond to emerging threats. It includes 30 key actions and a detailed Action Plan to advance the Preparedness Union's objectives, as well as developing a ‘preparedness by design culture' across all EU policies. When looking at the energy angle, the Commission will propose an EU-wide stockpiling strategy that will integrate all existing sectorial stockpiling efforts. It will strengthen access to critical resources across the EU by combining centralised EU-level reserves with Member States’ contributions, supported by public-private partnerships to ensure efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• The European Energy Storage Inventory is a newly released database showing all forms of clean energy storage solutions. By aggregating data from multiple sources, including internal databases and external commercial and non-commercial repositories, the inventory helps with energy system modelling and planning, and improves forecasting of storage deployment and capacity needs. It provides:
  • Comprehensive coverage of all clean energy storage forms 
  • Up-to-date key figures on energy storage deployment across the EU, showcasing total power by operating status (GW), storage power by country (GW), number of projects by status, and storage power by status and technology 
  • Interactive ways to visually compare data 
  • Dynamic maps with filtering options for various energy storage projects, pilot sites, and major commercial installations
  • Near real-time operating status of the facilities 
  • Policy insights with the analysis of regulatory frameworks and market integration strategies  
• According to Eurostat,  46.9% of net electricity generated in the EU came from renewable energy sources in 2024. Among EU countries, Denmark had the highest share of renewables in its net electricity generation with 88.4%, coming mostly from wind, followed by Portugal (87.5%, mostly wind and hydro) and Croatia (73.7%, mostly hydro). The lowest shares of renewables were recorded in Luxembourg (5.1%), Malta (15.1%) and Czechia (15.9%).   

What happened on the ID-E side this past month?

• As part of Round 17 of WG meetings, our WG Members had the opportunity to provide key inputs and considerations on the design of the upcoming Clean Energy Investment Strategy both on segments of the energy value chain, and on horizontal topics such as energy efficiency and research and innovation.

What is coming up?

• We will hold the ID-E Webinar Series #9 on the Affordable Energy Action Plan on Wednesday 9 April 2025, from 11:00 to 12:30. More information below.
• We will kick-off Round 18 of WG meetings end of April. Stay tuned for more information!

Yours truly,
The Editor