Progress on competitiveness of clean energy technologies

Summary:

Report published by the European Commission on 26 October 2021, assessing the clean energy ecosystem in the European Union (EU), from research and innovation to deployment.

Further information:

The report assesses progress based on key competitiveness indicators. It shows that while the EU remains at the forefront of clean energy research, further efforts are needed to increase research and innovation (R&I) investments and to bridge the gap between innovation and market. The assessment of the competitiveness of the EU clean energy system is done in accordasnce with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as part of the State of the Energy Union report.

The document also proposes a set of widely accepted indicators capturing the entire energy system (generation, transmission and consumption) and analysed at three levels (technology, value chain, and global market). The underpinning data for each indicator are contained in the accompanying Staff Working Document.

Official

EUR-LEX: SWD(2021)307: Staff Working Document accompanying the Report - Progress on competitiveness of clean energy technologies (Macroeconomic) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2021:307:FIN

European Commission: Press Release, 26/10/2021: State of the Energy Union 2021: Renewables overtake fossil fuels as the EU's main power source https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_5554

European Commission: Questions and Answers on Reports on the Energy Union and Climate Action (26 October 2021) https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_21_5556

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