Delivering secure, sustainable and affordable energy for European citizens and businesses. Reducing energy consumption and achieving energy savings is essential to deliver the European Green Deal. Energy from renewable sources reduces greenhouse gas emissions and lowers our dependence on imported fossil fuels.
The EU's integrated internal energy market helps to keep energy affordable and guarantee secure supplies. EU policies and local initiatives ensuring a just energy transition by engaging with and supporting citizens right across the EU. Industrial carbon management and a gradual phase-out of fossil fuels is key for a just and clean energy transition.
A resilient EU energy system ensures secure supplies at any time, even during human-made accidents, natural disasters or other disruptions. EU programmes, calls for tenders and private-public initiatives are available to finance energy projects. Our energy systems need to be sufficiently flexible to facilitate cross-border, cross-sector innovation and investment.
This short video presents the new Commissioner for Energy and Housing for the mandate period Watch and find out what he would like to deliver to Europeans and what is the first things he plans to do in the new job.
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