European Energy Policy
Early in 2007 the European Union proposed a new energy policy as a first step towards
becoming a low-energy economy, whilst making the energy more secure, competitive
and sustainable. A common policy is the most effective way to tackle today's energy
challenges, which are shared by all Member States. The policy puts energy back at
the heart of EU action, the position it occupied when the European venture first
got under way with the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC Treaty, 1951) and
the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom Treaty, 1957). The aims of the policy
are supported by market-based tools (mainly taxes, subsidies and the CO2 emissions
trading scheme), by developing energy technologies (especially technologies for
energy efficiency and renewable or low-carbon energy) and by Community financial
instruments.
An Energy Policy for Europe
- A European Energy Policy will firmly commit the European Union (EU) to a low consumption
economy based on more secure, more competitive and more sustainable energy. Priority
energy objectives involve ensuring the smooth functioning of the internal market
in energy, security of strategic supply, concrete reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
caused by the production or consumption of energy and the EU's ability to speak
with a single voice on the international stage.
An Energy Policy for Europe [COM(2007) 1]
Green Paper: A European strategy
for sustainable, competitive and secure energy
Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
(2007-12)
Green paper on energy efficiency
"Intelligent
Energy - Europe" programme (2007-2013)
Global Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy Fund
Action plan (2000-2006)
European Energy Policy
Energy Efficiency