Energy efficiency

Energy Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) are cross-border energy infrastructure projects for building a more integrated and resilient EU energy market. On 19 November, the EU adopted the 5th list of energy Projects of Common Interest. The list contains 98 projects, including 67 in electricity...

The governments of South Africa, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the US and the EU have announced a new ambitious Just Energy Transition Partnership to support South Africa’s road to decarbonisation. The partnership was announced at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. Germany noted that it...

Calling all clusters and SMEs in energy! The European Commission is working on an action plan on the digitalisation of the energy sector. In this context, the Commission is carrying out a public consultation to gather input from stakeholders and individuals. The consultation survey covers multiple...

The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation has published an article on regional best practices for the green energy transition. Collaboration between the German state of North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) and the Japanese prefecture of Fukushima began in 2013. After the Tōhoku earthquake and Fukushima...

The first LIFE Call for Proposals has been announced, and over EUR 580 million is available in funding! Organisations are invited to submit their project proposals and ideas. The Open Call is under the new LIFE programme 2021–2027, and funding tenders are categorised into four sub-programmes: Nature...

The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) is a two-month-long series of activities across Europe, which takes place in September and October, promoting secure, clean, and efficient energy. It brings together policymakers, stakeholders and citizens to achieve climate and energy goals for the Energy...

• The opinion survey, aimed at representatives of the more than 220 organizations that belong to the cluster, and other relevant agents in the energy field, look to find out the current state of the sector. • According to the results, 84% of the organizations in the sector call for simplifying the...

The Catalan Energy Efficiency Cluster (CEEC), the Catalan Sports Industry Cluster (INDESCAT) and Leitat Technology Center organized the session 'How do we improve energy efficiency in sports facilities?' on Wednesday, 5 of July at Fabrik Gracia ( Barcelona). The event was part of Green Energy...

EEN members are invited to apply for this call, which aims to identify SMEs that will benefit from direct financial support to third parties of up to EUR 10 000 Background In line with the objectives of the European Commission’s winter energy package of July 2022, the RepowerEU Plan and the...

The Energy Cluster of Catalonia has recently received the Gold Label, the highest recognition given by the European Clusters Labelling Excellence Structure (EUCLES). The European Clusters Labelling Excellence Structure awards those clusters which have proven high standards in cluster management and...

The European project EERES4WATER, coordinated by CTA and funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme, has launched a transnational Open Call to request free support services focused on developing innovative technologies in the water-energy nexus. The call is open for any type of entity, such as...

The event focused on how to bring Europe to the forefront of the energy and water sustainability through Open Innovation strategies. It took place as a part of the EU Green Week 2021. The European project EERES4WATER, funded by the INTERREG Atlantic Area Programme, held its first webinar on 2nd June...