Following relentless Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, the EU is deploying 447 emergency generators worth €3.7 million from EU strategic reserves to restore power to hospitals, shelters and critical services.
The European Commission has announced the opening of three new funding opportunities under the Innovation Fund with a total budget of €5.2 billion in EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) revenues.
The EU Council and Parliament have agreed to ban imports of Russian natural gas from entry into force in early 2026 of the Regulation for spot-market liquefied natural gas (LNG), with a ban for pipeline gas from September 2027.
The EU Commission has granted 235 cross-border energy projects eligibility to apply for funding from the Connecting Europe Facility to strengthen interconnectivity across Europe and with neighbouring countries.
The European Commission has selected 70 projects to help decarbonise transport by installing the infrastructure needed for recharging or refueling the different transport modes.
Germany reported the highest electricity prices in the first semester of 2025, at €38.35 per 100 kWh, according to figures from Eurostat, followed by Belgium (€35.71) and Denmark (€34.85).
Renewables accounted for 18.9 per cent of the EU’s total energy supply in 2022, exceeding the global average of 13.9%, according to figures released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat.
